#C9B13A#C9B13A

#C9B13A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.137 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B13A
RGB	rgb(201, 177, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -4.30, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 61.07, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0178 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.137 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5752, 44.1693, 10.3905)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B13A #3A52C9

analogous

#C9693A #C9B13A #99C93A

triadic

#C9B13A #3AC9B1 #B13AC9

tetradic

#C9B13A #3AC969 #3A52C9 #C93A99

square

#C9B13A #3AC969 #3A52C9 #C93A99

split-complementary

#C9B13A #3A99C9 #693AC9

monochromatic

#6B5E1D #9B882B #C9B13A #D6C46A #E3D79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C9B13A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C9B13A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B13A

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B13A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B13A	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b13a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 177, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.137 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc778',
    500: '#c9b13a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b13a;
$custom-light: #ddc778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b13a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76013,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B13A

secondary

#909ACF

accent

#61E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B13A

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

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