#C9BA34#C9BA34

#C9BA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.147 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BA34
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -9.26, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 66.05, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0325 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.147 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2680, 47.7851, 10.2452)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA34 #3443C9

analogous

#C97034 #C9BA34 #8DC934

triadic

#C9BA34 #34C9BA #BA34C9

tetradic

#C9BA34 #34C970 #3443C9 #C9348D

square

#C9BA34 #34C970 #3443C9 #C9348D

split-complementary

#C9BA34 #348DC9 #7034C9

monochromatic

#68601B #988D27 #C9BA34 #D7CB63 #E3DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C9BA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C9BA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA34

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA34	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.147 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce75',
    500: '#c9ba34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba34;
$custom-light: #ddce75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.96,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77864,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA34

secondary

#8A91CE

accent

#55E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA34

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

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