#C9B940#C9B940

#C9B940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B940
RGB	rgb(201, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -8.15, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 61.27, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0281 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3636, 47.4874, 11.7840)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B940 #4050C9

analogous

#C97540 #C9B940 #94C940

triadic

#C9B940 #40C9B9 #B940C9

tetradic

#C9B940 #40C975 #4050C9 #C94094

square

#C9B940 #40C975 #4050C9 #C94094

split-complementary

#C9B940 #4094C9 #7540C9

monochromatic

#6F661F #9F922D #C9B940 #D6CA70 #E4DC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C9B940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#C9B940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B940

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B940	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd7c',
    500: '#c9b940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b940;
$custom-light: #ddcd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77739,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B940

secondary

#949BD0

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B940

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

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