#C9B22F#C9B22F

#C9B22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.144 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B22F
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -5.31, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 65.31, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0218 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.144 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5229, 44.4656, 9.1370)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B22F #2F46C9

analogous

#C9652F #C9B22F #93C92F

triadic

#C9B22F #2FC9B2 #B22FC9

tetradic

#C9B22F #2FC965 #2F46C9 #C92F93

square

#C9B22F #2FC965 #2F46C9 #C92F93

split-complementary

#C9B22F #2F93C9 #652FC9

monochromatic

#665A18 #978623 #C9B22F #D9C65C #E5D88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C9B22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B22F

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B22F	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)

#C4AD12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.144 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec872',
    500: '#c9b22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b22f;
$custom-light: #dec872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.039,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76148,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B22F

secondary

#8590CF

accent

#5BE543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B22F

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

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