#C09E38#C09E38

#C09E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C09E38
RGBrgb(192, 158, 56)
HSLhsl(45, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.7%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(66.48, 1.77, 55.56)
CIE-LCHlch(66.48, 55.59, 88.17°)
OKLaboklab(71.18% -0.0002 0.1241)
OKLCHoklch(71.18% 0.124 90.1)
XYZxyz(34.6808, 35.9478, 8.8526)
Luminance0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C09E38 #385AC0
analogous
#C05A38 #C09E38 #9EC038
triadic
#C09E38 #38C09E #9E38C0
tetradic
#C09E38 #38C05A #385AC0 #C0389E
square
#C09E38 #38C05A #385AC0 #C0389E
split-complementary
#C09E38 #389EC0 #5A38C0
monochromatic
#61501C #91772A #C09E38 #D2B664 #DFCC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#C09E38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19
#C09E38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09E38
8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C09E38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C09E381.002.568.198.19
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1921.001.001.00
##0000008.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09C2A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A63D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D09189
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c09e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 90.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ba74',
    500: '#c09e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c09e38;
$custom-light: #d7ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c09e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71175,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C09E38
secondary
#899ACB
accent
#6FDE4A
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF6ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151109
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

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#C09E38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva