#C9B142#C9B142

#C9B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B142
RGB	rgb(201, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -3.87, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 57.88, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0157 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7948, 44.2572, 11.5469)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B142 #425AC9

analogous

#C96D42 #C9B142 #9EC942

triadic

#C9B142 #42C9B1 #B142C9

tetradic

#C9B142 #42C96D #425AC9 #C9429E

square

#C9B142 #42C96D #425AC9 #C9429E

split-complementary

#C9B142 #429EC9 #6D42C9

monochromatic

#706220 #A08C2E #C9B142 #D7C572 #E4D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C9B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C9B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B142

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B142	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87c',
    500: '#c9b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b142;
$custom-light: #ddc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76079,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B142

secondary

#96A0D1

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B142

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

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