#C9B536#C9B536

#C9B536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9B536
RGBrgb(201, 181, 54)
HSLhsl(52, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(52, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.37, -6.58, 63.43)
CIE-LCHlch(73.37, 63.77, 95.92°)
OKLaboklab(76.82% -0.0247 0.14)
OKLCHoklch(76.82% 0.142 100)
XYZxyz(41.2791, 45.7336, 10.1425)
Luminance0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9B536 #364AC9
analogous
#C96C36 #C9B536 #93C936
triadic
#C9B536 #36C9B5 #B536C9
tetradic
#C9B536 #36C96C #364AC9 #C93693
square
#C9B536 #36C96C #364AC9 #C93693
split-complementary
#C9B536 #3693C9 #6C36C9
monochromatic
#695E1C #998A29 #C9B536 #D6C766 #E3D996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#C9B536 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15
#C9B536 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B536
10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9B536#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9B5361.002.0710.1510.15
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1521.001.001.00
##00000010.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B020
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCB73E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D9A89C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9b536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.142 100.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca76',
    500: '#c9b536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9b536;
$custom-light: #ddca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9b536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.837,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76822,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.45732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9B536
secondary
#8C95CE
accent
#5CE147
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FCF8ED
border
#D5D1C8
text
#161309
muted
#84827B

Preview Lab

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#C9B536 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva