#C9B13B#C9B13B

#C9B13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.136 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B13B
RGB	rgb(201, 177, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -4.25, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 60.68, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0176 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6009, 44.1796, 10.5258)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B13B #3B53C9

analogous

#C96A3B #C9B13B #9AC93B

triadic

#C9B13B #3BC9B1 #B13BC9

tetradic

#C9B13B #3BC96A #3B53C9 #C93B9A

square

#C9B13B #3BC96A #3B53C9 #C93B9A

split-complementary

#C9B13B #3B9AC9 #6A3BC9

monochromatic

#6C5F1E #9C892B #C9B13B #D6C46B #E3D79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C9B13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C9B13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B13B

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B13B	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 177, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc778',
    500: '#c9b13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b13b;
$custom-light: #ddc778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76021,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B13B

secondary

#909BCF

accent

#61E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B13B

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

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