#C9B63A#C9B63A

#C9B63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.140 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B63A
RGB	rgb(201, 182, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -6.91, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 62.61, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0252 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.14 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5810, 46.1808, 10.7257)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B63A #3A4DC9

analogous

#C96E3A #C9B63A #94C93A

triadic

#C9B63A #3AC9B6 #B63AC9

tetradic

#C9B63A #3AC96E #3A4DC9 #C93A94

square

#C9B63A #3AC96E #3A4DC9 #C93A94

split-complementary

#C9B63A #3A94C9 #6E3AC9

monochromatic

#6B611D #9B8C2B #C9B63A #D6C86A #E3DA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C9B63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#C9B63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B63A

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B63A	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 182, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.140 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb78',
    500: '#c9b63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b63a;
$custom-light: #ddcb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77061,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B63A

secondary

#9098CF

accent

#5CE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B63A

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

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