#C9B63C#C9B63C

#C9B63C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B63C
RGB	rgb(201, 182, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -6.81, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 61.85, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0247 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6328, 46.2016, 10.9989)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B63C #3C4FC9

analogous

#C96F3C #C9B63C #95C93C

triadic

#C9B63C #3CC9B6 #B63CC9

tetradic

#C9B63C #3CC96F #3C4FC9 #C93C95

square

#C9B63C #3CC96F #3C4FC9 #C93C95

split-complementary

#C9B63C #3C95C9 #6F3CC9

monochromatic

#6D621E #9C8D2B #C9B63C #D6C86C #E4DA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C9B63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#C9B63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B63C

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B63C	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)

#C7B12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 182, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb79',
    500: '#c9b63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b63c;
$custom-light: #ddcb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77076,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B63C

secondary

#919AD0

accent

#5CE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B63C

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

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