#C9B336#C9B336

#C9B336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.141 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B336
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -5.54, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 63.16, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0218 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.141 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8753, 44.9261, 10.0079)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B336 #364CC9

analogous

#C96936 #C9B336 #96C936

triadic

#C9B336 #36C9B3 #B336C9

tetradic

#C9B336 #36C969 #364CC9 #C93696

square

#C9B336 #36C969 #364CC9 #C93696

split-complementary

#C9B336 #3696C9 #6936C9

monochromatic

#695D1C #998829 #C9B336 #D6C566 #E3D796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C9B336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C9B336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B336

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B336	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)

#C5AE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.141 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc976',
    500: '#c9b336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b336;
$custom-light: #ddc976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76403,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B336

secondary

#8C96CE

accent

#5EE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B336

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

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