#C9BA39#C9BA39

#C9BA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.144 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BA39
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -9.03, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 64.27, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0313 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.144 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3867, 47.8325, 10.8700)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA39 #3948C9

analogous

#C97239 #C9BA39 #90C939

triadic

#C9BA39 #39C9BA #BA39C9

tetradic

#C9BA39 #39C972 #3948C9 #C93990

square

#C9BA39 #39C972 #3948C9 #C93990

split-complementary

#C9BA39 #3990C9 #7239C9

monochromatic

#6B621D #9B8F2A #C9BA39 #D6CB69 #E3DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C9BA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C9BA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA39

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA39	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.144 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce78',
    500: '#c9ba39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba39;
$custom-light: #ddce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77898,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA39

secondary

#8F96CF

accent

#57E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA39

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

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