#C9B734#C9B734

#C9B734 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.145 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B734
RGB	rgb(201, 183, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -7.71, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 65.10, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0281 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.145 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6427, 46.5343, 10.0367)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B734 #3446C9

analogous

#C96D34 #C9B734 #90C934

triadic

#C9B734 #34C9B7 #B734C9

tetradic

#C9B734 #34C96D #3446C9 #C93490

square

#C9B734 #34C96D #3446C9 #C93490

split-complementary

#C9B734 #3490C9 #6D34C9

monochromatic

#685E1B #988B27 #C9B734 #D7C963 #E3DA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C9B734 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C9B734 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B734

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B734	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B734	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b734;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 183, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.145 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc75',
    500: '#c9b734',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b734;
$custom-light: #ddcc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b734",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7723,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B734

secondary

#8A93CE

accent

#59E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B734

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

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