#C9B23C#C9B23C

#C9B23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B23C
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -4.72, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 60.60, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0188 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(40.8253, 44.5866, 10.7298)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B23C #3C53C9

analogous

#C96B3C #C9B23C #99C93C

triadic

#C9B23C #3CC9B2 #B23CC9

tetradic

#C9B23C #3CC96B #3C53C9 #C93C99

square

#C9B23C #3CC96B #3C53C9 #C93C99

split-complementary

#C9B23C #3C99C9 #6B3CC9

monochromatic

#6D601E #9C8A2B #C9B23C #D6C56C #E4D89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C9B23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B23C

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B23C	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc879',
    500: '#c9b23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b23c;
$custom-light: #ddc879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76238,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.44585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B23C

secondary

#919BD0

accent

#61E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B23C

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

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