#C9B240#C9B240

#C9B240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B240
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -4.51, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 59.00, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0178 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9351, 44.6305, 11.3079)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B240 #4057C9

analogous

#C96E40 #C9B240 #9CC940

triadic

#C9B240 #40C9B2 #B240C9

tetradic

#C9B240 #40C96E #4057C9 #C9409C

square

#C9B240 #40C96E #4057C9 #C9409C

split-complementary

#C9B240 #409CC9 #6E40C9

monochromatic

#6F621F #9F8C2D #C9B240 #D6C570 #E4D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C9B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B240

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B240	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87b',
    500: '#c9b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b240;
$custom-light: #ddc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7627,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B240

secondary

#949ED0

accent

#62DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B240

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

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