#C9B043#C9B043

#C9B043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B043
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -3.29, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 57.15, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0139 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.13 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6278, 43.8755, 11.6379)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B043 #435CC9

analogous

#C96D43 #C9B043 #9FC943

triadic

#C9B043 #43C9B0 #B043C9

tetradic

#C9B043 #43C96D #435CC9 #C9439F

square

#C9B043 #43C96D #435CC9 #C9439F

split-complementary

#C9B043 #439FC9 #6D43C9

monochromatic

#716220 #A18B2E #C9B043 #D7C473 #E4D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C9B043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C9B043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B043

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B043	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)

#C1AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc77d',
    500: '#c9b043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b043;
$custom-light: #ddc77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75879,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B043

secondary

#97A2D1

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B043

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →