#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
RGBrgb(201, 177, 65)
HSLhsl(49, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(49, 68%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.9%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.39, -3.93, 58.16)
CIE-LCHlch(72.39, 58.29, 93.87°)
OKLaboklab(76.07% -0.016 0.1308)
OKLCHoklch(76.07% 0.132 97)
XYZxyz(40.7656, 44.2455, 11.3930)
Luminance0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9B1411.002.139.859.85
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8521.001.001.00
##0000009.8521.001.001.00

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

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#C9B141 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva