#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
RGB	rgb(201, 177, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -4.15, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 59.90, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0171 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.135 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6538, 44.2007, 10.8042)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9B13D	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	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)

#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

Preview with #C9B13D

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

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