#C9B23E#C9B23E

#C9B23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.135 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B23E
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -4.62, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 59.81, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0183 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.135 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8792, 44.6081, 11.0135)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B23E #3E55C9

analogous

#C96D3E #C9B23E #9BC93E

triadic

#C9B23E #3EC9B2 #B23EC9

tetradic

#C9B23E #3EC96D #3E55C9 #C93E9B

square

#C9B23E #3EC96D #3E55C9 #C93E9B

split-complementary

#C9B23E #3E9BC9 #6D3EC9

monochromatic

#6E611F #9E8B2C #C9B23E #D6C56E #E4D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C9B23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B23E

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B23E	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)

#C3AE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.135 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87a',
    500: '#c9b23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b23e;
$custom-light: #ddc87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76253,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B23E

secondary

#939DD0

accent

#61E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B23E

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

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