#C9B33E#C9B33E

#C9B33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B33E
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -5.14, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 60.12, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0198 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0789, 45.0075, 11.0800)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B33E #3E54C9

analogous

#C96E3E #C9B33E #99C93E

triadic

#C9B33E #3EC9B3 #B33EC9

tetradic

#C9B33E #3EC96E #3E54C9 #C93E99

square

#C9B33E #3EC96E #3E54C9 #C93E99

split-complementary

#C9B33E #3E99C9 #6E3EC9

monochromatic

#6E611F #9E8C2C #C9B33E #D6C66E #E4D99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C9B33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C9B33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B33E

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B33E	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)

#C4AF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc97a',
    500: '#c9b33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b33e;
$custom-light: #ddc97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76462,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B33E

secondary

#939DD0

accent

#60E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B33E

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

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