#C9B732#C9B732

#C9B732 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.146 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B732
RGB	rgb(201, 183, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -7.79, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 65.78, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0285 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.146 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5986, 46.5167, 9.8045)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B732 #3244C9

analogous

#C96C32 #C9B732 #90C932

triadic

#C9B732 #32C9B7 #B732C9

tetradic

#C9B732 #32C96C #3244C9 #C93290

square

#C9B732 #32C96C #3244C9 #C93290

split-complementary

#C9B732 #3290C9 #6C32C9

monochromatic

#675E1A #988A26 #C9B732 #D8C961 #E4DA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C9B732 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#C9B732 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B732

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B732	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B732	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)

#C9B117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b732;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 183, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.146 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc74',
    500: '#c9b732',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b732;
$custom-light: #ddcc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b732",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.848,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77218,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B732

secondary

#8891CF

accent

#57E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B732

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

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