#C9AB2E#C9AB2E

#C9AB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.140 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AB2E
RGB	rgb(201, 171, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -1.67, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 63.75, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0116 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.14 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1456, 41.7428, 8.5795)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AB2E #2E4CC9

analogous

#C95D2E #C9AB2E #99C92E

triadic

#C9AB2E #2EC9AB #AB2EC9

tetradic

#C9AB2E #2EC95D #2E4CC9 #C92E99

square

#C9AB2E #2EC95D #2E4CC9 #C92E99

split-complementary

#C9AB2E #2E99C9 #5D2EC9

monochromatic

#655617 #978123 #C9AB2E #D9C15B #E5D48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C9AB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C9AB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AB2E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AB2E	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ab2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 171, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.140 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec371',
    500: '#c9ab2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ab2e;
$custom-light: #dec371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ab2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AB2E

secondary

#8492CF

accent

#62E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AB2E

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

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