#C9B347#C9B347

#C9B347 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B347
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -4.63, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 56.40, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0173 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3466, 45.1146, 12.4901)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B347 #475DC9

analogous

#C97247 #C9B347 #9EC947

triadic

#C9B347 #47C9B3 #B347C9

tetradic

#C9B347 #47C972 #475DC9 #C9479E

square

#C9B347 #47C972 #475DC9 #C9479E

split-complementary

#C9B347 #479EC9 #7247C9

monochromatic

#746622 #A38F30 #C9B347 #D7C776 #E5DAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C9B347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C9B347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B347

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B347	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc97f',
    500: '#c9b347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b347;
$custom-light: #ddc97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76541,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B347

secondary

#9AA3D2

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B347

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

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