#C9B249#C9B249

#C9B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.126 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B249
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -3.98, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 55.22, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0152 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.126 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2122, 44.7413, 12.7672)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B249 #4960C9

analogous

#C97249 #C9B249 #A0C949

triadic

#C9B249 #49C9B2 #B249C9

tetradic

#C9B249 #49C972 #4960C9 #C949A0

square

#C9B249 #49C972 #4960C9 #C949A0

split-complementary

#C9B249 #49A0C9 #7249C9

monochromatic

#756623 #A48F31 #C9B249 #D7C678 #E5DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C9B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C9B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B249

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B249	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.126 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc880',
    500: '#c9b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b249;
$custom-light: #ddc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76351,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B249

secondary

#9CA5D2

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B249

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

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