#C9B13D#C9B13D

#C9B13D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.135 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9B13D
RGBrgb(201, 177, 61)
HSLhsl(50, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(50, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.9%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.36, -4.15, 59.76)
CIE-LCHlch(72.36, 59.90, 93.97°)
OKLaboklab(76.04% -0.0171 0.1335)
OKLCHoklch(76.04% 0.135 97.3)
XYZxyz(40.6538, 44.2007, 10.8042)
Luminance0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9B13D #3D55C9
analogous
#C96B3D #C9B13D #9BC93D
triadic
#C9B13D #3DC9B1 #B13DC9
tetradic
#C9B13D #3DC96B #3D55C9 #C93D9B
square
#C9B13D #3DC96B #3D55C9 #C93D9B
split-complementary
#C9B13D #3D9BC9 #6B3DC9
monochromatic
#6D601E #9D8A2C #C9B13D #D6C46D #E4D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#C9B13D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84
#C9B13D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B13D
9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9B13D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9B13D1.002.139.849.84
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8421.001.001.00
##0000009.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2AD2C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B544
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D9A49A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9b13d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 177, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.135 97.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc879',
    500: '#c9b13d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9b13d;
$custom-light: #ddc879;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9b13d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76037,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9B13D
secondary
#929DD0
accent
#62E048
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FCF8EE
border
#D5D1C9
text
#161309
muted
#84827B

Preview Lab

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#C9B13D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva