#C9B63F#C9B63F

#C9B63F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B63F
RGB	rgb(201, 182, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -6.65, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 60.67, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.024 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7144, 46.2342, 11.4285)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B63F #3F52C9

analogous

#C9713F #C9B63F #97C93F

triadic

#C9B63F #3FC9B6 #B63FC9

tetradic

#C9B63F #3FC971 #3F52C9 #C93F97

square

#C9B63F #3FC971 #3F52C9 #C93F97

split-complementary

#C9B63F #3F97C9 #713FC9

monochromatic

#6F641F #9E8F2D #C9B63F #D6C86F #E4DA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C9B63F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C9B63F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B63F

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B63F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B63F	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b63f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 182, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb7b',
    500: '#c9b63f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b63f;
$custom-light: #ddcb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b63f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77099,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B63F

secondary

#949CD0

accent

#5DDF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B63F

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

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