#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
RGBrgb(201, 182, 58)
HSLhsl(52, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(52, 71%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.5%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.66, -6.91, 62.22)
CIE-LCHlch(73.66, 62.61, 96.34°)
OKLaboklab(77.06% -0.0252 0.1382)
OKLCHoklch(77.06% 0.14 100.4)
XYZxyz(41.5810, 46.1808, 10.7257)
Luminance0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9B63A1.002.0510.2410.24
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2421.001.001.00
##00000010.2421.001.001.00

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

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#C9B63A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva