#C09D33#C09D33

#C09D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09D33
RGB	rgb(192, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 73.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 2.06, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 57.33, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0001 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.127 90)
XYZ	xyz(34.3947, 35.5616, 8.1838)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09D33 #3356C0

analogous

#C05633 #C09D33 #9DC033

triadic

#C09D33 #33C09D #9D33C0

tetradic

#C09D33 #33C056 #3356C0 #C0339D

square

#C09D33 #33C056 #3356C0 #C0339D

split-complementary

#C09D33 #339DC0 #5633C0

monochromatic

#5F4E19 #907526 #C09D33 #D4B65C #E1CC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C09D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#C09D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09D33

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09D33	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b972',
    500: '#c09d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09d33;
$custom-light: #d7b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7093,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.35559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09D33

secondary

#8495CB

accent

#6DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09D33

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

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