#C9B03A#C9B03A

#C9B03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.136 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B03A
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -3.78, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 60.77, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0163 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.136 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3784, 43.7757, 10.3249)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B03A #3A53C9

analogous

#C9683A #C9B03A #9BC93A

triadic

#C9B03A #3AC9B0 #B03AC9

tetradic

#C9B03A #3AC968 #3A53C9 #C93A9B

square

#C9B03A #3AC968 #3A53C9 #C93A9B

split-complementary

#C9B03A #3A9BC9 #683AC9

monochromatic

#6B5E1D #9B882B #C9B03A #D6C36A #E3D79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C9B03A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C9B03A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B03A

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B03A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B03A	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)

#C2AC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b03a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.136 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc777',
    500: '#c9b03a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b03a;
$custom-light: #ddc777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b03a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75805,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B03A

secondary

#909BCF

accent

#62E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B03A

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

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