#C9B949#C9B949

#C9B949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B949
RGB	rgb(201, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -7.63, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 57.57, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0256 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6407, 47.5982, 13.2433)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B949 #4959C9

analogous

#C97949 #C9B949 #99C949

triadic

#C9B949 #49C9B9 #B949C9

tetradic

#C9B949 #49C979 #4959C9 #C94999

square

#C9B949 #49C979 #4959C9 #C94999

split-complementary

#C9B949 #4999C9 #7949C9

monochromatic

#756B23 #A49631 #C9B949 #D7CB78 #E5DDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C9B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#C9B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B949

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B949	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd81',
    500: '#c9b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b949;
$custom-light: #dccd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77818,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B949

secondary

#9CA2D2

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B949

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

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