#C9B13F#C9B13F

#C9B13F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.133 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B13F
RGB	rgb(201, 177, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -4.04, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 59.10, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0165 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.133 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7087, 44.2227, 11.0932)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B13F #3F57C9

analogous

#C96C3F #C9B13F #9CC93F

triadic

#C9B13F #3FC9B1 #B13FC9

tetradic

#C9B13F #3FC96C #3F57C9 #C93F9C

square

#C9B13F #3FC96C #3F57C9 #C93F9C

split-complementary

#C9B13F #3F9CC9 #6C3FC9

monochromatic

#6F611F #9E8A2D #C9B13F #D6C46F #E4D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C9B13F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C9B13F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B13F

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B13F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B13F	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)

#C2AD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b13f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 177, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.133 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87a',
    500: '#c9b13f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b13f;
$custom-light: #ddc87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b13f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76053,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B13F

secondary

#949ED0

accent

#63DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B13F

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

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