#C9B534#C9B534

#C9B534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B534
RGB	rgb(201, 181, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -6.67, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 64.48, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0252 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2331, 45.7152, 9.9002)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B534 #3448C9

analogous

#C96A34 #C9B534 #93C934

triadic

#C9B534 #34C9B5 #B534C9

tetradic

#C9B534 #34C96A #3448C9 #C93493

square

#C9B534 #34C96A #3448C9 #C93493

split-complementary

#C9B534 #3493C9 #6A34C9

monochromatic

#685D1B #988927 #C9B534 #D7C763 #E3D994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C9B534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C9B534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B534

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B534	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 181, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca75',
    500: '#c9b534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b534;
$custom-light: #ddca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.946,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76809,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B534

secondary

#8A93CE

accent

#5BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B534

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

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