#C9B22D#C9B22D

#C9B22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.145 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B22D
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -5.39, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 65.96, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0222 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.145 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4835, 44.4498, 8.9294)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B22D #2D44C9

analogous

#C9642D #C9B22D #92C92D

triadic

#C9B22D #2DC9B2 #B22DC9

tetradic

#C9B22D #2DC964 #2D44C9 #C92D92

square

#C9B22D #2DC964 #2D44C9 #C92D92

split-complementary

#C9B22D #2D92C9 #642DC9

monochromatic

#655917 #978622 #C9B22D #DAC759 #E5D88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C9B22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B22D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B22D	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.145 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec871',
    500: '#c9b22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b22d;
$custom-light: #dec871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.154,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76137,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B22D

secondary

#838ECF

accent

#5AE641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B22D

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

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