#C9B03E#C9B03E

#C9B03E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.133 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B03E
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -3.57, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 59.20, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0153 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.133 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4842, 43.8180, 10.8818)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B03E #3E57C9

analogous

#C96B3E #C9B03E #9CC93E

triadic

#C9B03E #3EC9B0 #B03EC9

tetradic

#C9B03E #3EC96B #3E57C9 #C93E9C

square

#C9B03E #3EC96B #3E57C9 #C93E9C

split-complementary

#C9B03E #3E9CC9 #6B3EC9

monochromatic

#6E601F #9E892C #C9B03E #D6C46E #E4D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C9B03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C9B03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B03E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B03E	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)

#C1AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.133 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc77a',
    500: '#c9b03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b03e;
$custom-light: #ddc77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75837,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B03E

secondary

#939ED0

accent

#63E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B03E

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

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