#C9B63B#C9B63B

#C9B63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B63B
RGB	rgb(201, 182, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -6.86, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 62.23, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.025 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6067, 46.1911, 10.8610)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B63B #3B4EC9

analogous

#C96F3B #C9B63B #95C93B

triadic

#C9B63B #3BC9B6 #B63BC9

tetradic

#C9B63B #3BC96F #3B4EC9 #C93B95

square

#C9B63B #3BC96F #3B4EC9 #C93B95

split-complementary

#C9B63B #3B95C9 #6F3BC9

monochromatic

#6C611E #9C8D2B #C9B63B #D6C86B #E3DA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C9B63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#C9B63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B63B

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B63B	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)

#C7B128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 182, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb79',
    500: '#c9b63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b63b;
$custom-light: #ddcb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77068,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B63B

secondary

#9099CF

accent

#5CE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B63B

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

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