#C9BA38#C9BA38

#C9BA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.145 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BA38
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -9.08, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 64.63, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0316 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.145 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3620, 47.8227, 10.7399)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA38 #3847C9

analogous

#C97138 #C9BA38 #8FC938

triadic

#C9BA38 #38C9BA #BA38C9

tetradic

#C9BA38 #38C971 #3847C9 #C9388F

square

#C9BA38 #38C971 #3847C9 #C9388F

split-complementary

#C9BA38 #388FC9 #7138C9

monochromatic

#6A621D #9A8E2A #C9BA38 #D6CB68 #E3DB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C9BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C9BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA38

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA38	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)

#CBB422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.145 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce77',
    500: '#c9ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba38;
$custom-light: #ddce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77891,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA38

secondary

#8E95CF

accent

#57E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA38

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

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