#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
RGBrgb(201, 182, 59)
HSLhsl(52, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(52, 71%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.5%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.67, -6.86, 61.85)
CIE-LCHlch(73.67, 62.23, 96.33°)
OKLaboklab(77.07% -0.025 0.1376)
OKLCHoklch(77.07% 0.14 100.3)
XYZxyz(41.6067, 46.1911, 10.8610)
Luminance0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9B63B1.002.0510.2410.24
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2421.001.001.00
##00000010.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#C9B63B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva