#C9B832#C9B832

#C9B832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.147 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B832
RGB	rgb(201, 184, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -8.31, 65.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 66.09, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.03 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.147 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8056, 46.9307, 9.8735)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B832 #3243C9

analogous

#C96D32 #C9B832 #8FC932

triadic

#C9B832 #32C9B8 #B832C9

tetradic

#C9B832 #32C96D #3243C9 #C9328F

square

#C9B832 #32C96D #3243C9 #C9328F

split-complementary

#C9B832 #328FC9 #6D32C9

monochromatic

#675E1A #988B26 #C9B832 #D8CA61 #E4DB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C9B832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#C9B832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B832

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B832	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)

#C9B216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 184, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.147 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc74',
    500: '#c9b832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b832;
$custom-light: #ddcc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.245,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77429,
    "c": 0.14689,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B832

secondary

#8890CF

accent

#56E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B832

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

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