#C9B634#C9B634

#C9B634 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.144 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B634
RGB	rgb(201, 182, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -7.19, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 64.79, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0266 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.144 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4371, 46.1233, 9.9682)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B634 #3447C9

analogous

#C96C34 #C9B634 #92C934

triadic

#C9B634 #34C9B6 #B634C9

tetradic

#C9B634 #34C96C #3447C9 #C93492

square

#C9B634 #34C96C #3447C9 #C93492

split-complementary

#C9B634 #3492C9 #6C34C9

monochromatic

#685E1B #988A27 #C9B634 #D7C863 #E3D994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C9B634 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#C9B634 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B634

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B634	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B634	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B11C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b634;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 182, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.144 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb75',
    500: '#c9b634',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b634;
$custom-light: #ddcb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b634",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.349,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77019,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B634

secondary

#8A93CE

accent

#5AE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B634

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

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