#C9B23A#C9B23A

#C9B23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B23A
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -4.82, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 61.37, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0193 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7735, 44.5658, 10.4566)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B23A #3A51C9

analogous

#C96A3A #C9B23A #98C93A

triadic

#C9B23A #3AC9B2 #B23AC9

tetradic

#C9B23A #3AC96A #3A51C9 #C93A98

square

#C9B23A #3AC96A #3A51C9 #C93A98

split-complementary

#C9B23A #3A98C9 #6A3AC9

monochromatic

#6B5F1D #9B892B #C9B23A #D6C56A #E3D89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C9B23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B23A

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B23A	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc878',
    500: '#c9b23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b23a;
$custom-light: #ddc878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76222,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B23A

secondary

#909ACF

accent

#60E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B23A

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

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