#C9BA3B#C9BA3B

#C9BA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.143 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BA3B
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -8.93, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 63.53, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0309 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.143 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4376, 47.8529, 11.1380)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA3B #3B4AC9

analogous

#C9733B #C9BA3B #91C93B

triadic

#C9BA3B #3BC9BA #BA3BC9

tetradic

#C9BA3B #3BC973 #3B4AC9 #C93B91

square

#C9BA3B #3BC973 #3B4AC9 #C93B91

split-complementary

#C9BA3B #3B91C9 #733BC9

monochromatic

#6C641E #9C902B #C9BA3B #D6CB6B #E3DC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C9BA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C9BA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA3B

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA3B	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)

#CBB427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.143 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce79',
    500: '#c9ba3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba3b;
$custom-light: #ddce79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.662,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77912,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA3B

secondary

#9097CF

accent

#58E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA3B

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

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