#C9B141#C9B141

#C9B141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.132 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B141
RGB	rgb(201, 177, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -3.93, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 58.29, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.016 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.132 97)
XYZ	xyz(40.7656, 44.2455, 11.3930)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B141 #4159C9

analogous

#C96D41 #C9B141 #9DC941

triadic

#C9B141 #41C9B1 #B141C9

tetradic

#C9B141 #41C96D #4159C9 #C9419D

square

#C9B141 #41C96D #4159C9 #C9419D

split-complementary

#C9B141 #419DC9 #6D41C9

monochromatic

#706220 #9F8B2D #C9B141 #D7C571 #E4D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C9B141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C9B141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B141

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B141	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)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 177, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.132 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87b',
    500: '#c9b141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b141;
$custom-light: #ddc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7607,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.44243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B141

secondary

#95A0D1

accent

#63DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B141

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

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