#C39C20#C39C20

#C39C20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.137 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39C20
RGB	rgb(195, 156, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 83.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 3.22, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 63.95, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0013 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.137 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6570, 35.4857, 6.3903)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39C20 #2047C3

analogous

#C34A20 #C39C20 #99C320

triadic

#C39C20 #20C39C #9C20C3

tetradic

#C39C20 #20C34A #2047C3 #C32099

square

#C39C20 #20C34A #2047C3 #C32099

split-complementary

#C39C20 #2099C3 #4A20C3

monochromatic

#5A480F #8E7217 #C39C20 #E0BA40 #E8CD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C39C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#C39C20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39C20

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39C20	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 156, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.137 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab868',
    500: '#c39c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39c20;
$custom-light: #dab868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.644,
    "s": 71.806,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70921,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39C20

secondary

#6F86CF

accent

#65EF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39C20

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

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