#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
RGB	rgb(201, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -6.58, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 63.77, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0247 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(41.2791, 45.7336, 10.1425)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9B536	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9B536

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

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