#C9C030#C9C030

#C9C030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.155 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C030
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -12.49, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 69.33, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0419 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.155 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4724, 50.3318, 10.2208)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C030 #3039C9

analogous

#C97430 #C9C030 #86C930

triadic

#C9C030 #30C9C0 #C030C9

tetradic

#C9C030 #30C974 #3039C9 #C93086

square

#C9C030 #30C974 #3039C9 #C93086

split-complementary

#C9C030 #3086C9 #7430C9

monochromatic

#666218 #989124 #C9C030 #D8D15E #E4DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9C030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C9C030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C030

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C030	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B90B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.155 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd274',
    500: '#c9c030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c030;
$custom-light: #ddd274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79118,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C030

secondary

#2D3170

accent

#4DE543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C030

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

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