#C09E2B#C09E2B

#C09E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.132 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09E2B
RGB	rgb(192, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 77.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 1.18, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 60.49, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0033 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.132 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4031, 35.8368, 7.3902)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09E2B #2B4DC0

analogous

#C0542B #C09E2B #97C02B

triadic

#C09E2B #2BC09E #9E2BC0

tetradic

#C09E2B #2BC054 #2B4DC0 #C02B97

square

#C09E2B #2BC054 #2B4DC0 #C02B97

split-complementary

#C09E2B #2B97C0 #542BC0

monochromatic

#5C4C15 #8E7520 #C09E2B #D8B950 #E3CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C09E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#C09E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09E2B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09E2B	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.132 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ba6e',
    500: '#c09e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09e2b;
$custom-light: #d7ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 63.404,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71081,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09E2B

secondary

#7B8DCC

accent

#67E641

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09E2B

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

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