#C9B02F#C9B02F

#C9B02F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B02F
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -4.26, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 64.75, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0189 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1279, 43.6755, 9.0054)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B02F #2F48C9

analogous

#C9632F #C9B02F #95C92F

triadic

#C9B02F #2FC9B0 #B02FC9

tetradic

#C9B02F #2FC963 #2F48C9 #C92F95

square

#C9B02F #2FC963 #2F48C9 #C92F95

split-complementary

#C9B02F #2F95C9 #632FC9

monochromatic

#665918 #978523 #C9B02F #D9C55C #E5D68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C9B02F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C9B02F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B02F

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B02F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B02F	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)

#C2AC13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b02f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec772',
    500: '#c9b02f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b02f;
$custom-light: #dec772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b02f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.26,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7573,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B02F

secondary

#8591CF

accent

#5DE543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B02F

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

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