#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
RGBrgb(201, 180, 52)
HSLhsl(52, 59%, 50%)
HSVhsv(52, 74%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.4%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.10, -6.15, 63.88)
CIE-LCHlch(73.10, 64.18, 95.50°)
OKLaboklab(76.6% -0.0237 0.1406)
OKLCHoklch(76.6% 0.143 99.6)
XYZxyz(41.0305, 45.3099, 9.8326)
Luminance0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9B4341.002.0910.0610.06
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0621.001.001.00
##00000010.0621.001.001.00

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

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#C9B434 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva