#C9BA42#C9BA42

#C9BA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.138 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BA42
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -8.56, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 60.81, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0291 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.138 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6314, 47.9304, 12.1591)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA42 #4251C9

analogous

#C97642 #C9BA42 #95C942

triadic

#C9BA42 #42C9BA #BA42C9

tetradic

#C9BA42 #42C976 #4251C9 #C94295

square

#C9BA42 #42C976 #4251C9 #C94295

split-complementary

#C9BA42 #4295C9 #7642C9

monochromatic

#706820 #A0932E #C9BA42 #D7CB72 #E4DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C9BA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C9BA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA42

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA42	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.138 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce7d',
    500: '#c9ba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba42;
$custom-light: #ddce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77967,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA42

secondary

#969DD1

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA42

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

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