#C69E25#C69E25

#C69E25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.136 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69E25
RGB	rgb(198, 158, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 3.63, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 63.33, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0028 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.136 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8517, 36.5955, 6.9252)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69E25 #254DC6

analogous

#C64D25 #C69E25 #9DC625

triadic

#C69E25 #25C69E #9E25C6

tetradic

#C69E25 #25C64D #254DC6 #C6259D

square

#C69E25 #25C64D #254DC6 #C6259D

split-complementary

#C69E25 #259DC6 #4D25C6

monochromatic

#5F4C12 #92751B #C69E25 #DDB94B #E7CD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C69E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C69E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69E25

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69E25	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D78F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 158, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.136 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba6b',
    500: '#c69e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69e25;
$custom-light: #dcba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.093,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71666,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69E25

secondary

#778DCF

accent

#68EB3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69E25

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

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