#C9B241#C9B241

#C9B241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.133 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B241
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -4.46, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 58.60, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0175 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.133 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9638, 44.6419, 11.4591)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B241 #4158C9

analogous

#C96E41 #C9B241 #9CC941

triadic

#C9B241 #41C9B2 #B241C9

tetradic

#C9B241 #41C96E #4158C9 #C9419C

square

#C9B241 #41C96E #4158C9 #C9419C

split-complementary

#C9B241 #419CC9 #6E41C9

monochromatic

#706220 #9F8C2D #C9B241 #D7C571 #E4D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C9B241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B241

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B241	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)

#C3AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.133 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87c',
    500: '#c9b241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b241;
$custom-light: #ddc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76278,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B241

secondary

#959FD1

accent

#62DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B241

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

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