#C9B930#C9B930

#C9B930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.149 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B930
RGB	rgb(201, 185, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -8.91, 66.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 67.07, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0319 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.149 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9718, 47.3307, 9.7206)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B930 #3040C9

analogous

#C96C30 #C9B930 #8DC930

triadic

#C9B930 #30C9B9 #B930C9

tetradic

#C9B930 #30C96C #3040C9 #C9308D

square

#C9B930 #30C96C #3040C9 #C9308D

split-complementary

#C9B930 #308DC9 #6C30C9

monochromatic

#665E18 #988C24 #C9B930 #D8CC5E #E4DB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C9B930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#C9B930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B930

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B930	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 185, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.149 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd73',
    500: '#c9b930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b930;
$custom-light: #ddcd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.725,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77628,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B930

secondary

#868ECF

accent

#54E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B930

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

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