#C9B140#C9B140

#C9B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.132 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B140
RGB	rgb(201, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -3.99, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 58.70, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0163 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.132 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7369, 44.2340, 11.2418)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B140 #4058C9

analogous

#C96D40 #C9B140 #9DC940

triadic

#C9B140 #40C9B1 #B140C9

tetradic

#C9B140 #40C96D #4058C9 #C9409D

square

#C9B140 #40C96D #4058C9 #C9409D

split-complementary

#C9B140 #409DC9 #6D40C9

monochromatic

#6F611F #9F8B2D #C9B140 #D6C470 #E4D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C9B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C9B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B140

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B140	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.132 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87b',
    500: '#c9b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b140;
$custom-light: #ddc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76061,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B140

secondary

#949FD0

accent

#63DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B140

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

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