#C9B830#C9B830

#C9B830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.148 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B830
RGB	rgb(201, 184, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -8.39, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 66.76, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0304 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.148 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7633, 46.9138, 9.6512)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B830 #3041C9

analogous

#C96C30 #C9B830 #8EC930

triadic

#C9B830 #30C9B8 #B830C9

tetradic

#C9B830 #30C96C #3041C9 #C9308E

square

#C9B830 #30C96C #3041C9 #C9308E

split-complementary

#C9B830 #308EC9 #6C30C9

monochromatic

#665E18 #988B24 #C9B830 #D8CB5E #E4DB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#C9B830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#C9B830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B830

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B830	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 184, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.148 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc73',
    500: '#c9b830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b830;
$custom-light: #ddcc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77417,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B830

secondary

#868ECF

accent

#55E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B830

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

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