#C39E21#C39E21

#C39E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.137 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39E21
RGB	rgb(195, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 83.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 2.17, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 64.07, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0016 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.137 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0092, 36.1679, 6.5757)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39E21 #2146C3

analogous

#C34D21 #C39E21 #97C321

triadic

#C39E21 #21C39E #9E21C3

tetradic

#C39E21 #21C34D #2146C3 #C32197

square

#C39E21 #21C34D #2146C3 #C32197

split-complementary

#C39E21 #2197C3 #4D21C3

monochromatic

#5A490F #8F7418 #C39E21 #DFBB42 #E8CE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C39E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C39E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39E21

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39E21	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA62A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.137 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba69',
    500: '#c39e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39e21;
$custom-light: #daba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.296,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71335,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39E21

secondary

#7186CF

accent

#63EE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39E21

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

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