#C9B22E#C9B22E

#C9B22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.144 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B22E
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -5.35, 65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 65.64, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.022 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.144 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5030, 44.4576, 9.0320)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B22E #2E45C9

analogous

#C9642E #C9B22E #92C92E

triadic

#C9B22E #2EC9B2 #B22EC9

tetradic

#C9B22E #2EC964 #2E45C9 #C92E92

square

#C9B22E #2EC964 #2E45C9 #C92E92

split-complementary

#C9B22E #2E92C9 #642EC9

monochromatic

#655A17 #978623 #C9B22E #D9C75B #E5D88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C9B22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B22E

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B22E	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)

#C4AD10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.144 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec872',
    500: '#c9b22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b22e;
$custom-light: #dec872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.097,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76143,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B22E

secondary

#848FCF

accent

#5AE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B22E

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

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