#C9B83B#C9B83B

#C9B83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.141 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B83B
RGB	rgb(201, 184, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -7.90, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 62.87, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0279 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.141 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0192, 47.0161, 10.9985)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B83B #3B4CC9

analogous

#C9713B #C9B83B #93C93B

triadic

#C9B83B #3BC9B8 #B83BC9

tetradic

#C9B83B #3BC971 #3B4CC9 #C93B93

square

#C9B83B #3BC971 #3B4CC9 #C93B93

split-complementary

#C9B83B #3B93C9 #713BC9

monochromatic

#6C631E #9C8E2B #C9B83B #D6C96B #E3DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C9B83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#C9B83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B83B

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B83B	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 184, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.141 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd79',
    500: '#c9b83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b83b;
$custom-light: #ddcd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7749,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B83B

secondary

#9098CF

accent

#5AE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B83B

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

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