#C9B753#C9B753

#C9B753 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B753
RGB	rgb(201, 183, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -5.91, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 52.46, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0195 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5838, 46.9108, 14.9935)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B753 #5365C9

analogous

#C97C53 #C9B753 #A0C953

triadic

#C9B753 #53C9B7 #B753C9

tetradic

#C9B753 #53C97C #5365C9 #C953A0

square

#C9B753 #53C97C #5365C9 #C953A0

split-complementary

#C9B753 #53A0C9 #7C53C9

monochromatic

#7B6E27 #AA9835 #C9B753 #D8CA82 #E6DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C9B753 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#C9B753 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B753

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B753	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B753	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b753;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 183, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc87',
    500: '#c9b753',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b753;
$custom-light: #dccc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b753",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77499,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B753

secondary

#A3ABD4

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B753

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

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