#C9B434#C9B434

#C9B434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B434
RGB	rgb(201, 180, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -6.15, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 64.18, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0237 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0305, 45.3099, 9.8326)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B434 #3449C9

analogous

#C96A34 #C9B434 #93C934

triadic

#C9B434 #34C9B4 #B434C9

tetradic

#C9B434 #34C96A #3449C9 #C93493

square

#C9B434 #34C96A #3449C9 #C93493

split-complementary

#C9B434 #3493C9 #6A34C9

monochromatic

#685D1B #988827 #C9B434 #D7C763 #E3D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C9B434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#C9B434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B434

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B434	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 180, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca75',
    500: '#c9b434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b434;
$custom-light: #ddca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76599,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B434

secondary

#8A94CE

accent

#5CE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B434

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

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