#C9BA3C#C9BA3C

#C9BA3C 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	#C9BA3C
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -8.88, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 63.15, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0306 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.143 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4637, 47.8634, 11.2759)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA3C #3C4BC9

analogous

#C9733C #C9BA3C #91C93C

triadic

#C9BA3C #3CC9BA #BA3CC9

tetradic

#C9BA3C #3CC973 #3C4BC9 #C93C91

square

#C9BA3C #3CC973 #3C4BC9 #C93C91

split-complementary

#C9BA3C #3C91C9 #733CC9

monochromatic

#6D641E #9C902B #C9BA3C #D6CB6C #E4DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C9BA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C9BA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA3C

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA3C	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)

#CBB428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.143 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce79',
    500: '#c9ba3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba3c;
$custom-light: #ddce79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7792,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA3C

secondary

#9198D0

accent

#58E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA3C

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

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