#C9B32E#C9B32E

#C9B32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.145 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B32E
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -5.87, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 65.92, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0235 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.145 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7027, 44.8570, 9.0986)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B32E #2E44C9

analogous

#C9652E #C9B32E #91C92E

triadic

#C9B32E #2EC9B3 #B32EC9

tetradic

#C9B32E #2EC965 #2E44C9 #C92E91

square

#C9B32E #2EC965 #2E44C9 #C92E91

split-complementary

#C9B32E #2E91C9 #652EC9

monochromatic

#655A17 #978723 #C9B32E #D9C75B #E5D88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C9B32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C9B32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B32E

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B32E	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)

#C5AE0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.145 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec972',
    500: '#c9b32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b32e;
$custom-light: #dec972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.484,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76352,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B32E

secondary

#848ECF

accent

#59E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B32E

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

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