#C9B736#C9B736

#C9B736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B736
RGB	rgb(201, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -7.62, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 64.39, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0277 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6887, 46.5527, 10.2790)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B736 #3648C9

analogous

#C96D36 #C9B736 #92C936

triadic

#C9B736 #36C9B7 #B736C9

tetradic

#C9B736 #36C96D #3648C9 #C93692

square

#C9B736 #36C96D #3648C9 #C93692

split-complementary

#C9B736 #3692C9 #6D36C9

monochromatic

#695F1C #998B29 #C9B736 #D6C866 #E3DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C9B736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C9B736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B736

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B736	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)

#C8B21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc76',
    500: '#c9b736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b736;
$custom-light: #ddcc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77243,
    "c": 0.14377,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B736

secondary

#8C95CE

accent

#5AE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B736

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

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