#C9B33C#C9B33C

#C9B33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.137 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B33C
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -5.25, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 60.90, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0203 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.137 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0250, 44.9859, 10.7963)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B33C #3C52C9

analogous

#C96C3C #C9B33C #98C93C

triadic

#C9B33C #3CC9B3 #B33CC9

tetradic

#C9B33C #3CC96C #3C52C9 #C93C98

square

#C9B33C #3CC96C #3C52C9 #C93C98

split-complementary

#C9B33C #3C98C9 #6C3CC9

monochromatic

#6D601E #9C8B2B #C9B33C #D6C66C #E4D89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C9B33C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C9B33C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B33C

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B33C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B33C	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.137 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc979',
    500: '#c9b33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b33c;
$custom-light: #ddc979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76447,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B33C

secondary

#919BD0

accent

#60E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B33C

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

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