#C9B83C#C9B83C

#C9B83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.141 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B83C
RGB	rgb(201, 184, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -7.85, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 62.49, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0277 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.141 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0454, 47.0266, 11.1364)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B83C #3C4DC9

analogous

#C9713C #C9B83C #93C93C

triadic

#C9B83C #3CC9B8 #B83CC9

tetradic

#C9B83C #3CC971 #3C4DC9 #C93C93

square

#C9B83C #3CC971 #3C4DC9 #C93C93

split-complementary

#C9B83C #3C93C9 #713CC9

monochromatic

#6D631E #9C8F2B #C9B83C #D6C96C #E4DB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C9B83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#C9B83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B83C

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B83C	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 184, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.141 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd79',
    500: '#c9b83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b83c;
$custom-light: #ddcd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77497,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B83C

secondary

#9199D0

accent

#5AE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B83C

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

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