#C09F38#C09F38

#C09F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09F38
RGB	rgb(192, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 1.23, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 55.84, 88.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0017 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.125 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8521, 36.2904, 8.9096)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09F38 #3859C0

analogous

#C05B38 #C09F38 #9DC038

triadic

#C09F38 #38C09F #9F38C0

tetradic

#C09F38 #38C05B #3859C0 #C0389D

square

#C09F38 #38C05B #3859C0 #C0389D

split-complementary

#C09F38 #389DC0 #5B38C0

monochromatic

#61511C #91782A #C09F38 #D2B764 #DFCD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C09F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C09F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09F38

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09F38	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bb75',
    500: '#c09f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09f38;
$custom-light: #d7bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71381,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09F38

secondary

#8999CB

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09F38

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

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