#C39C21#C39C21

#C39C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.136 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39C21
RGB	rgb(195, 156, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 83.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 3.25, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 63.67, 87.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0015 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.136 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6708, 35.4912, 6.4629)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39C21 #2148C3

analogous

#C34B21 #C39C21 #99C321

triadic

#C39C21 #21C39C #9C21C3

tetradic

#C39C21 #21C34B #2148C3 #C32199

square

#C39C21 #21C34B #2148C3 #C32199

split-complementary

#C39C21 #2199C3 #4B21C3

monochromatic

#5A480F #8F7218 #C39C21 #DFB942 #E8CD77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C39C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#C39C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39C21

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39C21	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: #c39c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 156, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.136 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab869',
    500: '#c39c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39c21;
$custom-light: #dab869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70926,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39C21

secondary

#7187CF

accent

#65EE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39C21

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

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