#C9B82D#C9B82D

#C9B82D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.150 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B82D
RGB	rgb(201, 184, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -8.51, 67.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 67.72, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.031 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.15 102)
XYZ	xyz(41.7035, 46.8898, 9.3361)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B82D #2D3EC9

analogous

#C96A2D #C9B82D #8CC92D

triadic

#C9B82D #2DC9B8 #B82DC9

tetradic

#C9B82D #2DC96A #2D3EC9 #C92D8C

square

#C9B82D #2DC96A #2D3EC9 #C92D8C

split-complementary

#C9B82D #2D8CC9 #6A2DC9

monochromatic

#655C17 #978A22 #C9B82D #DACC59 #E5DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C9B82D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#C9B82D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B82D

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B82D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B82D	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)

#CAB207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b82d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 184, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.150 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decc72',
    500: '#c9b82d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b82d;
$custom-light: #decc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b82d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.462,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.774,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.46888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B82D

secondary

#838BCF

accent

#53E641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B82D

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

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