#C9B42E#C9B42E

#C9B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.146 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B42E
RGB	rgb(201, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -6.39, 65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 66.21, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.025 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.146 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9038, 45.2593, 9.1656)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B42E #2E43C9

analogous

#C9662E #C9B42E #90C92E

triadic

#C9B42E #2EC9B4 #B42EC9

tetradic

#C9B42E #2EC966 #2E43C9 #C92E90

square

#C9B42E #2EC966 #2E43C9 #C92E90

split-complementary

#C9B42E #2E90C9 #662EC9

monochromatic

#655B17 #978723 #C9B42E #D9C85B #E5D98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C9B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C9B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B42E

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B42E	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.146 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca72',
    500: '#c9b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b42e;
$custom-light: #deca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.871,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76562,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B42E

secondary

#848ECF

accent

#58E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B42E

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

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