#C09E35#C09E35

#C09E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09E35
RGB	rgb(192, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 72.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 1.62, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 56.79, 88.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0009 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.126 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6096, 35.9193, 8.4777)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09E35 #3557C0

analogous

#C05935 #C09E35 #9CC035

triadic

#C09E35 #35C09E #9E35C0

tetradic

#C09E35 #35C059 #3557C0 #C0359C

square

#C09E35 #35C059 #3557C0 #C0359C

split-complementary

#C09E35 #359CC0 #5935C0

monochromatic

#604F1B #907728 #C09E35 #D3B75F #E0CC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C09E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C09E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09E35

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09E35	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)

#B09C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ba73',
    500: '#c09e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09e35;
$custom-light: #d7ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71151,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09E35

secondary

#8697CB

accent

#6DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09E35

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

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