#C9B430#C9B430

#C9B430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.145 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B430
RGB	rgb(201, 180, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -6.32, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 65.55, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0246 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.145 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9442, 45.2754, 9.3781)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B430 #3045C9

analogous

#C96830 #C9B430 #92C930

triadic

#C9B430 #30C9B4 #B430C9

tetradic

#C9B430 #30C968 #3045C9 #C93092

square

#C9B430 #30C968 #3045C9 #C93092

split-complementary

#C9B430 #3092C9 #6830C9

monochromatic

#665C18 #988824 #C9B430 #D8C85E #E4D98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C9B430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C9B430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B430

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B430	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 180, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.145 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca73',
    500: '#c9b430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b430;
$custom-light: #deca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76574,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B430

secondary

#8690CF

accent

#59E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B430

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

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