#C9C130#C9C130

#C9C130 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.156 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C130
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -13.00, 68.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 69.66, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0433 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.156 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6927, 50.7725, 10.2943)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C130 #3038C9

analogous

#C97530 #C9C130 #85C930

triadic

#C9C130 #30C9C1 #C130C9

tetradic

#C9C130 #30C975 #3038C9 #C93085

square

#C9C130 #30C975 #3038C9 #C93085

split-complementary

#C9C130 #3085C9 #7530C9

monochromatic

#666218 #989224 #C9C130 #D8D25E #E4E08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C130 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#C9C130 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C130

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C130	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C130	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c130;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.156 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd374',
    500: '#c9c130',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c130;
$custom-light: #ddd374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c130",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79332,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C130

secondary

#2D3070

accent

#4CE543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C130

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

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