#C9B32D#C9B32D

#C9B32D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B32D
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -5.91, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 66.25, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0237 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6832, 44.8492, 8.9960)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B32D #2D43C9

analogous

#C9652D #C9B32D #91C92D

triadic

#C9B32D #2DC9B3 #B32DC9

tetradic

#C9B32D #2DC965 #2D43C9 #C92D91

square

#C9B32D #2DC965 #2D43C9 #C92D91

split-complementary

#C9B32D #2D91C9 #652DC9

monochromatic

#655A17 #978622 #C9B32D #DAC859 #E5D88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C9B32D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C9B32D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B32D

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B32D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B32D	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b32d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec971',
    500: '#c9b32d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b32d;
$custom-light: #dec971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b32d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.538,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76346,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B32D

secondary

#838DCF

accent

#59E641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B32D

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

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