#C9B033#C9B033

#C9B033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B033
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -4.10, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 63.37, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.018 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2123, 43.7093, 9.4500)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B033 #334CC9

analogous

#C96533 #C9B033 #97C933

triadic

#C9B033 #33C9B0 #B033C9

tetradic

#C9B033 #33C965 #334CC9 #C93397

square

#C9B033 #33C965 #334CC9 #C93397

split-complementary

#C9B033 #3397C9 #6533C9

monochromatic

#675B1A #988527 #C9B033 #D7C462 #E4D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C9B033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C9B033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B033

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B033	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc774',
    500: '#c9b033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b033;
$custom-light: #ddc774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B033

secondary

#8995CF

accent

#5FE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B033

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

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