#C69F25#C69F25

#C69F25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.137 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C69F25
RGB	rgb(198, 159, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 3.09, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 63.52, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0013 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.137 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0230, 36.9380, 6.9823)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C69F25 #254CC6

analogous

#C64E25 #C69F25 #9CC625

triadic

#C69F25 #25C69F #9F25C6

tetradic

#C69F25 #25C64E #254CC6 #C6259C

square

#C69F25 #25C64E #254CC6 #C6259C

split-complementary

#C69F25 #259CC6 #4E25C6

monochromatic

#5F4C12 #92761B #C69F25 #DDBA4B #E7CE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C69F25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C69F25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C69F25

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C69F25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C69F25	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c69f25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 159, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.137 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb6b',
    500: '#c69f25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c69f25;
$custom-light: #dcbb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c69f25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.466,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71869,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C69F25

secondary

#778DCF

accent

#67EB3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C69F25

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

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