#C9B236#C9B236

#C9B236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.140 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B236
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -5.01, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 62.86, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0203 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.14 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6756, 44.5267, 9.9413)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B236 #364DC9

analogous

#C96836 #C9B236 #97C936

triadic

#C9B236 #36C9B2 #B236C9

tetradic

#C9B236 #36C968 #364DC9 #C93697

square

#C9B236 #36C968 #364DC9 #C93697

split-complementary

#C9B236 #3697C9 #6836C9

monochromatic

#695D1C #998729 #C9B236 #D6C466 #E3D796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C9B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B236

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B236	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)

#C4AE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.140 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc875',
    500: '#c9b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b236;
$custom-light: #ddc875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76193,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B236

secondary

#8C97CE

accent

#5FE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B236

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

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