#C9B92E#C9B92E

#C9B92E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.150 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B92E
RGB	rgb(201, 185, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -8.98, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 67.71, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0323 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.15 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9315, 47.3146, 9.5082)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B92E #2E3EC9

analogous

#C96B2E #C9B92E #8CC92E

triadic

#C9B92E #2EC9B9 #B92EC9

tetradic

#C9B92E #2EC96B #2E3EC9 #C92E8C

square

#C9B92E #2EC96B #2E3EC9 #C92E8C

split-complementary

#C9B92E #2E8CC9 #6B2EC9

monochromatic

#655D17 #978B23 #C9B92E #D9CC5B #E5DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C9B92E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#C9B92E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B92E

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B92E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B92E	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB30A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b92e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 185, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.150 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd72',
    500: '#c9b92e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b92e;
$custom-light: #decd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b92e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.806,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77617,
    "c": 0.14984,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B92E

secondary

#848CCF

accent

#53E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B92E

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

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