#C9BA3A#C9BA3A

#C9BA3A 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	#C9BA3A
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 58)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -8.98, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 63.90, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0311 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.144 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4119, 47.8426, 11.0027)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA3A #3A49C9

analogous

#C9723A #C9BA3A #90C93A

triadic

#C9BA3A #3AC9BA #BA3AC9

tetradic

#C9BA3A #3AC972 #3A49C9 #C93A90

square

#C9BA3A #3AC972 #3A49C9 #C93A90

split-complementary

#C9BA3A #3A90C9 #723AC9

monochromatic

#6B631D #9B8F2B #C9BA3A #D6CB6A #E3DC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C9BA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C9BA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA3A

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA3A	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)

#CBB425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.144 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce78',
    500: '#c9ba3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba3a;
$custom-light: #ddce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77905,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA3A

secondary

#9096CF

accent

#58E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA3A

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

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