#C9B652#C9B652

#C9B652 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.122 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B652
RGB	rgb(201, 182, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -5.46, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 52.56, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0184 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.122 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3400, 46.4844, 14.7232)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B652 #5265C9

analogous

#C97A52 #C9B652 #A0C952

triadic

#C9B652 #52C9B6 #B652C9

tetradic

#C9B652 #52C97A #5265C9 #C952A0

square

#C9B652 #52C97A #5265C9 #C952A0

split-complementary

#C9B652 #52A0C9 #7A52C9

monochromatic

#7A6D26 #A99635 #C9B652 #D8CA81 #E6DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C9B652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#C9B652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B652

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B652	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 182, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.122 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccb86',
    500: '#c9b652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b652;
$custom-light: #dccb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B652

secondary

#A3ABD4

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B652

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

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