#C9BA52#C9BA52

#C9BA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BA52
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -7.54, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 53.99, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0243 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1709, 48.1462, 15.0001)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA52 #5261C9

analogous

#C97E52 #C9BA52 #9CC952

triadic

#C9BA52 #52C9BA #BA52C9

tetradic

#C9BA52 #52C97E #5261C9 #C9529C

square

#C9BA52 #52C97E #5261C9 #C9529C

split-complementary

#C9BA52 #529CC9 #7E52C9

monochromatic

#7A7026 #A99A35 #C9BA52 #D8CD81 #E6DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C9BA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C9BA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA52

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA52	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcce86',
    500: '#c9ba52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba52;
$custom-light: #dcce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78118,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA52

secondary

#A3A9D4

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA52

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →