#C9B53C#C9B53C

#C9B53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B53C
RGB	rgb(201, 181, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -6.29, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 61.53, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0233 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4288, 45.7934, 10.9309)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B53C #3C50C9

analogous

#C96E3C #C9B53C #97C93C

triadic

#C9B53C #3CC9B5 #B53CC9

tetradic

#C9B53C #3CC96E #3C50C9 #C93C97

square

#C9B53C #3CC96E #3C50C9 #C93C97

split-complementary

#C9B53C #3C97C9 #6E3CC9

monochromatic

#6D611E #9C8C2B #C9B53C #D6C76C #E4D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C9B53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#C9B53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B53C

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B53C	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 181, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca79',
    500: '#c9b53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b53c;
$custom-light: #ddca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76866,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B53C

secondary

#919AD0

accent

#5DE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B53C

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

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