#C9B040#C9B040

#C9B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.132 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B040
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -3.46, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 58.39, 93.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0148 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.132 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5401, 43.8404, 11.1762)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B040 #4059C9

analogous

#C96C40 #C9B040 #9EC940

triadic

#C9B040 #40C9B0 #B040C9

tetradic

#C9B040 #40C96C #4059C9 #C9409E

square

#C9B040 #40C96C #4059C9 #C9409E

split-complementary

#C9B040 #409EC9 #6C40C9

monochromatic

#6F611F #9F8A2D #C9B040 #D6C470 #E4D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C9B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C9B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B040

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B040	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.132 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc77b',
    500: '#c9b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b040;
$custom-light: #ddc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75853,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B040

secondary

#949FD0

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B040

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

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