#C9B34A#C9B34A

#C9B34A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.126 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B34A
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 63.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -4.44, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 55.11, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0164 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.126 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4453, 45.1541, 13.0098)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B34A #4A60C9

analogous

#C9744A #C9B34A #A0C94A

triadic

#C9B34A #4AC9B3 #B34AC9

tetradic

#C9B34A #4AC974 #4A60C9 #C94AA0

square

#C9B34A #4AC974 #4A60C9 #C94AA0

split-complementary

#C9B34A #4AA0C9 #744AC9

monochromatic

#766723 #A59131 #C9B34A #D7C779 #E5DBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C9B34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C9B34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B34A

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B34A	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.126 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc981',
    500: '#c9b34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b34a;
$custom-light: #dcc981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7657,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B34A

secondary

#9CA6D2

accent

#64DD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B34A

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

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