#C9B43E#C9B43E

#C9B43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B43E
RGB	rgb(201, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -5.66, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 60.43, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0213 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(41.2801, 45.4098, 11.1471)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B43E #3E53C9

analogous

#C96F3E #C9B43E #99C93E

triadic

#C9B43E #3EC9B4 #B43EC9

tetradic

#C9B43E #3EC96F #3E53C9 #C93E99

square

#C9B43E #3EC96F #3E53C9 #C93E99

split-complementary

#C9B43E #3E99C9 #6F3EC9

monochromatic

#6E621F #9E8D2C #C9B43E #D6C76E #E4D99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C9B43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C9B43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B43E

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B43E	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca7a',
    500: '#c9b43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b43e;
$custom-light: #ddca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76672,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.45408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B43E

secondary

#939CD0

accent

#5FE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B43E

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

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