Brownish Yellow#C9B003

#C9B003 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.156 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Brownish Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#C9B003
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 3)
HSL	hsl(52, 97%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 99%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 98.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -5.24, 73.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 73.97, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0242 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.156 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6314, 43.4769, 6.3905)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B003 #031CC9

analogous

#C94D03 #C9B003 #7FC903

triadic

#C9B003 #03C9B0 #B003C9

tetradic

#C9B003 #03C94D #031CC9 #C9037F

square

#C9B003 #03C94D #031CC9 #C9037F

split-complementary

#C9B003 #037FC9 #4D03C9

monochromatic

#504601 #8D7B02 #C9B003 #FBDD0E #FCE64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C9B003 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C9B003 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B003

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B003	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B003	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB41D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b003;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 3);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.156 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc764',
    500: '#c9b003',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b003;
$custom-light: #dfc764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b003",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 3
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.424,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75582,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B003

secondary

#4B5EDD

accent

#44FF29

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FDF8EB

border

#D5D1C6

text

#161307

muted

#84827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B003

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

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