#C9B951#C9B951

#C9B951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.126 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B951
RGB	rgb(201, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -7.09, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 54.07, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0232 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.126 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9232, 47.7112, 14.7312)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B951 #5161C9

analogous

#C97D51 #C9B951 #9DC951

triadic

#C9B951 #51C9B9 #B951C9

tetradic

#C9B951 #51C97D #5161C9 #C9519D

square

#C9B951 #51C97D #5161C9 #C9519D

split-complementary

#C9B951 #519DC9 #7D51C9

monochromatic

#7A6F26 #A99934 #C9B951 #D7CC80 #E6DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C9B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#C9B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B951

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B951	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.126 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd86',
    500: '#c9b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b951;
$custom-light: #dccd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77897,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B951

secondary

#A2A9D4

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B951

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

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