#C9B643#C9B643

#C9B643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B643
RGB	rgb(201, 182, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -6.43, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 59.06, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0229 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8303, 46.2805, 12.0388)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B643 #4356C9

analogous

#C97343 #C9B643 #99C943

triadic

#C9B643 #43C9B6 #B643C9

tetradic

#C9B643 #43C973 #4356C9 #C94399

square

#C9B643 #43C973 #4356C9 #C94399

split-complementary

#C9B643 #4399C9 #7343C9

monochromatic

#716620 #A1902E #C9B643 #D7C873 #E4DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C9B643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#C9B643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B643

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B643	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 182, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb7d',
    500: '#c9b643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b643;
$custom-light: #ddcb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77133,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B643

secondary

#979FD1

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B643

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

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