#C9BA2F#C9BA2F

#C9BA2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.150 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BA2F
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -9.46, 67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 67.71, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0335 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.15 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1613, 47.7424, 9.6832)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA2F #2F3EC9

analogous

#C96D2F #C9BA2F #8BC92F

triadic

#C9BA2F #2FC9BA #BA2FC9

tetradic

#C9BA2F #2FC96D #2F3EC9 #C92F8B

square

#C9BA2F #2FC96D #2F3EC9 #C92F8B

split-complementary

#C9BA2F #2F8BC9 #6D2FC9

monochromatic

#665E18 #978C23 #C9BA2F #D9CD5C #E5DC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C9BA2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#C9BA2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA2F

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA2F	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB40D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.150 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce73',
    500: '#c9ba2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba2f;
$custom-light: #ddce73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.156,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77834,
    "c": 0.15015,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA2F

secondary

#858CCF

accent

#52E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA2F

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

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