#C9B333#C9B333

#C9B333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B333
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -5.67, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 64.23, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0224 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8070, 44.8987, 9.6482)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B333 #3349C9

analogous

#C96833 #C9B333 #94C933

triadic

#C9B333 #33C9B3 #B333C9

tetradic

#C9B333 #33C968 #3349C9 #C93394

square

#C9B333 #33C968 #3349C9 #C93394

split-complementary

#C9B333 #3394C9 #6833C9

monochromatic

#675C1A #988827 #C9B333 #D7C662 #E4D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C9B333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C9B333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B333

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B333	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc974',
    500: '#c9b333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b333;
$custom-light: #ddc974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76383,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B333

secondary

#8993CF

accent

#5CE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B333

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

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