#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
RGBrgb(201, 179, 71)
HSLhsl(50, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(50, 65%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.97, -4.63, 56.21)
CIE-LCHlch(72.97, 56.40, 94.71°)
OKLaboklab(76.54% -0.0173 0.1277)
OKLCHoklch(76.54% 0.129 97.7)
XYZxyz(41.3466, 45.1146, 12.4901)
Luminance0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9B3471.002.1010.0210.02
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0221.001.001.00
##00000010.0221.001.001.00

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

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#C9B347 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva