#C09E31#C09E31

#C09E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.129 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09E31
RGB	rgb(192, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 74.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 1.43, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 58.33, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0019 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.129 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5214, 35.8841, 8.0132)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09E31 #3153C0

analogous

#C05631 #C09E31 #9BC031

triadic

#C09E31 #31C09E #9E31C0

tetradic

#C09E31 #31C056 #3153C0 #C0319B

square

#C09E31 #31C056 #3153C0 #C0319B

split-complementary

#C09E31 #319BC0 #5631C0

monochromatic

#5E4E18 #8F7625 #C09E31 #D5B759 #E1CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C09E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C09E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09E31

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09E31	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.129 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ba71',
    500: '#c09e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09e31;
$custom-light: #d7ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71121,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09E31

secondary

#8293CB

accent

#6BE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09E31

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

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