#C9B230#C9B230

#C9B230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B230
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -5.27, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 64.97, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0216 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5433, 44.4738, 9.2445)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B230 #3047C9

analogous

#C96530 #C9B230 #94C930

triadic

#C9B230 #30C9B2 #B230C9

tetradic

#C9B230 #30C965 #3047C9 #C93094

square

#C9B230 #30C965 #3047C9 #C93094

split-complementary

#C9B230 #3094C9 #6530C9

monochromatic

#665B18 #988624 #C9B230 #D8C65E #E4D78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C9B230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B230

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B230	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec872',
    500: '#c9b230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b230;
$custom-light: #dec872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.98,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76154,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B230

secondary

#8691CF

accent

#5CE543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B230

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

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