#C09C2B#C09C2B

#C09C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.131 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09C2B
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 77.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 2.26, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 60.04, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0002 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.131 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0648, 35.1600, 7.2774)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09C2B #2B4FC0

analogous

#C0512B #C09C2B #99C02B

triadic

#C09C2B #2BC09C #9C2BC0

tetradic

#C09C2B #2BC051 #2B4FC0 #C02B99

square

#C09C2B #2BC051 #2B4FC0 #C02B99

split-complementary

#C09C2B #2B99C0 #512BC0

monochromatic

#5C4B15 #8E7320 #C09C2B #D8B750 #E3CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C09C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#C09C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09C2B

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09C2B	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.131 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b86d',
    500: '#c09c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09c2b;
$custom-light: #d7b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 63.404,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70669,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09C2B

secondary

#7B8ECC

accent

#69E641

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09C2B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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