#C9B02E#C9B02E

#C9B02E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.143 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B02E
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -4.30, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 65.08, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0191 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.143 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1080, 43.6675, 8.9003)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B02E #2E47C9

analogous

#C9632E #C9B02E #94C92E

triadic

#C9B02E #2EC9B0 #B02EC9

tetradic

#C9B02E #2EC963 #2E47C9 #C92E94

square

#C9B02E #2EC963 #2E47C9 #C92E94

split-complementary

#C9B02E #2E94C9 #632EC9

monochromatic

#655917 #978423 #C9B02E #D9C55B #E5D78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C9B02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C9B02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B02E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B02E	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.143 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec771',
    500: '#c9b02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b02e;
$custom-light: #dec771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75724,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B02E

secondary

#8490CF

accent

#5CE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B02E

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

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