#C9B233#C9B233

#C9B233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.142 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B233
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -5.15, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 63.94, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.021 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.142 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6074, 44.4994, 9.5817)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B233 #334AC9

analogous

#C96733 #C9B233 #95C933

triadic

#C9B233 #33C9B2 #B233C9

tetradic

#C9B233 #33C967 #334AC9 #C93395

square

#C9B233 #33C967 #334AC9 #C93395

split-complementary

#C9B233 #3395C9 #6733C9

monochromatic

#675C1A #988727 #C9B233 #D7C562 #E4D793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C9B233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B233

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B233	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.142 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc874',
    500: '#c9b233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b233;
$custom-light: #ddc874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76173,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B233

secondary

#8994CF

accent

#5DE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B233

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

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