#C39F21#C39F21

#C39F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.138 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39F21
RGB	rgb(195, 159, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 83.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 1.63, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 64.27, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0031 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.138 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1805, 36.5105, 6.6328)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39F21 #2145C3

analogous

#C34E21 #C39F21 #96C321

triadic

#C39F21 #21C39F #9F21C3

tetradic

#C39F21 #21C34E #2145C3 #C32196

square

#C39F21 #21C34E #2145C3 #C32196

split-complementary

#C39F21 #2196C3 #4E21C3

monochromatic

#5A4A0F #8F7418 #C39F21 #DFBC42 #E8CF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C39F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C39F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39F21

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39F21	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 159, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.138 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba69',
    500: '#c39f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39f21;
$custom-light: #daba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7154,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39F21

secondary

#7186CF

accent

#62EE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39F21

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

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