#C9B834#C9B834

#C9B834 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.146 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B834
RGB	rgb(201, 184, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -8.22, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 65.41, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0296 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.146 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8497, 46.9483, 10.1057)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B834 #3445C9

analogous

#C96D34 #C9B834 #90C934

triadic

#C9B834 #34C9B8 #B834C9

tetradic

#C9B834 #34C96D #3445C9 #C93490

square

#C9B834 #34C96D #3445C9 #C93490

split-complementary

#C9B834 #3490C9 #6D34C9

monochromatic

#685F1B #988B27 #C9B834 #D7CA63 #E3DA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C9B834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#C9B834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B834

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B834	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)

#C9B21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 184, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.146 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc75',
    500: '#c9b834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b834;
$custom-light: #ddcc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.154,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77441,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B834

secondary

#8A92CE

accent

#58E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B834

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

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