#C9B030#C9B030

#C9B030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B030
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -4.22, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 64.41, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0186 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1483, 43.6837, 9.1128)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B030 #3049C9

analogous

#C96430 #C9B030 #96C930

triadic

#C9B030 #30C9B0 #B030C9

tetradic

#C9B030 #30C964 #3049C9 #C93096

square

#C9B030 #30C964 #3049C9 #C93096

split-complementary

#C9B030 #3096C9 #6430C9

monochromatic

#665918 #988524 #C9B030 #D8C45E #E4D68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C9B030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C9B030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B030

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B030	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec772',
    500: '#c9b030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b030;
$custom-light: #dec772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75736,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B030

secondary

#8692CF

accent

#5EE543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B030

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

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