#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
RGB	rgb(192, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 1.77, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 55.59, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0002 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.124 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6808, 35.9478, 8.8526)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C09E38	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)

#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

Preview with #C09E38

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

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