#C9B343#C9B343

#C9B343 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B343
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -4.87, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 58.09, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0184 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(41.2225, 45.0649, 11.8362)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B343 #4359C9

analogous

#C97043 #C9B343 #9CC943

triadic

#C9B343 #43C9B3 #B343C9

tetradic

#C9B343 #43C970 #4359C9 #C9439C

square

#C9B343 #43C970 #4359C9 #C9439C

split-complementary

#C9B343 #439CC9 #7043C9

monochromatic

#716420 #A18E2E #C9B343 #D7C673 #E4D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C9B343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C9B343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B343

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B343	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc97d',
    500: '#c9b343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b343;
$custom-light: #ddc97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76504,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.45063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B343

secondary

#97A0D1

accent

#62DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B343

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

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