#C9B03D#C9B03D

#C9B03D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B03D
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -3.62, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 59.60, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0156 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4570, 43.8072, 10.7386)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B03D #3D56C9

analogous

#C96A3D #C9B03D #9CC93D

triadic

#C9B03D #3DC9B0 #B03DC9

tetradic

#C9B03D #3DC96A #3D56C9 #C93D9C

square

#C9B03D #3DC96A #3D56C9 #C93D9C

split-complementary

#C9B03D #3D9CC9 #6A3DC9

monochromatic

#6D5F1E #9D892C #C9B03D #D6C36D #E4D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C9B03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C9B03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B03D

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B03D	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc779',
    500: '#c9b03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b03d;
$custom-light: #ddc779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75828,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B03D

secondary

#929DD0

accent

#63E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B03D

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

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