#C9B754#C9B754

#C9B754 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B754
RGB	rgb(201, 183, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -5.83, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 52.00, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0192 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6227, 46.9263, 15.1983)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B754 #5466C9

analogous

#C97C54 #C9B754 #A0C954

triadic

#C9B754 #54C9B7 #B754C9

tetradic

#C9B754 #54C97C #5466C9 #C954A0

square

#C9B754 #54C97C #5466C9 #C954A0

split-complementary

#C9B754 #54A0C9 #7C54C9

monochromatic

#7C6F27 #AA9836 #C9B754 #D8CB83 #E6DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C9B754 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#C9B754 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B754

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B754	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B754	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b754;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 183, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccc87',
    500: '#c9b754',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b754;
$custom-light: #dccc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b754",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77511,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B754

secondary

#A4ACD5

accent

#62DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B754

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

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