#C09E37#C09E37

#C09E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09E37
RGB	rgb(192, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 71.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 1.72, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 56.00, 88.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0004 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.125 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6566, 35.9381, 8.7250)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09E37 #3759C0

analogous

#C05937 #C09E37 #9EC037

triadic

#C09E37 #37C09E #9E37C0

tetradic

#C09E37 #37C059 #3759C0 #C0379E

square

#C09E37 #37C059 #3759C0 #C0379E

split-complementary

#C09E37 #379EC0 #5937C0

monochromatic

#61501C #907729 #C09E37 #D2B662 #E0CC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C09E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C09E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09E37

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09E37	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ba74',
    500: '#c09e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09e37;
$custom-light: #d7ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71167,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09E37

secondary

#8899CB

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09E37

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

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