#C9B330#C9B330

#C9B330 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B330
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -5.79, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 65.26, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0231 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7430, 44.8731, 9.3111)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B330 #3046C9

analogous

#C96730 #C9B330 #93C930

triadic

#C9B330 #30C9B3 #B330C9

tetradic

#C9B330 #30C967 #3046C9 #C93093

square

#C9B330 #30C967 #3046C9 #C93093

split-complementary

#C9B330 #3093C9 #6730C9

monochromatic

#665B18 #988724 #C9B330 #D8C75E #E4D88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C9B330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C9B330 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B330

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B330	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec973',
    500: '#c9b330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b330;
$custom-light: #dec973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.373,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76364,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B330

secondary

#8690CF

accent

#5AE543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B330

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

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