#C9B552#C9B552

#C9B552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.121 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B552
RGB	rgb(201, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -4.94, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 52.21, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0169 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.121 98)
XYZ	xyz(42.1359, 46.0763, 14.6551)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B552 #5266C9

analogous

#C97952 #C9B552 #A1C952

triadic

#C9B552 #52C9B5 #B552C9

tetradic

#C9B552 #52C979 #5266C9 #C952A1

square

#C9B552 #52C979 #5266C9 #C952A1

split-complementary

#C9B552 #52A1C9 #7952C9

monochromatic

#7A6C26 #A99535 #C9B552 #D8C981 #E6DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C9B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#C9B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B552

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B552	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.121 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca86',
    500: '#c9b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b552;
$custom-light: #dcca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7707,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.46074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B552

secondary

#A3ABD4

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B552

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

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