#C9B130#C9B130

#C9B130 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.143 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B130
RGB	rgb(201, 177, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -4.75, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 64.69, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0201 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.143 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3451, 44.0773, 9.1784)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B130 #3048C9

analogous

#C96530 #C9B130 #95C930

triadic

#C9B130 #30C9B1 #B130C9

tetradic

#C9B130 #30C965 #3048C9 #C93095

square

#C9B130 #30C965 #3048C9 #C93095

split-complementary

#C9B130 #3095C9 #6530C9

monochromatic

#665A18 #988524 #C9B130 #D8C55E #E4D78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C9B130 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C9B130 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B130

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B130	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B130	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b130;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 177, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.143 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec772',
    500: '#c9b130',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b130;
$custom-light: #dec772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b130",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75945,
    "c": 0.14259,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B130

secondary

#8691CF

accent

#5DE543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B130

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

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