#C9B036#C9B036

#C9B036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B036
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -3.97, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 62.28, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0173 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2806, 43.7366, 9.8096)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B036 #364FC9

analogous

#C96736 #C9B036 #98C936

triadic

#C9B036 #36C9B0 #B036C9

tetradic

#C9B036 #36C967 #364FC9 #C93698

square

#C9B036 #36C967 #364FC9 #C93698

split-complementary

#C9B036 #3698C9 #6736C9

monochromatic

#695C1C #998629 #C9B036 #D6C366 #E3D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C9B036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C9B036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B036

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B036	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc775',
    500: '#c9b036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b036;
$custom-light: #ddc775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75776,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B036

secondary

#8C98CE

accent

#61E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B036

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

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