#C9AB2F#C9AB2F

#C9AB2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.139 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AB2F
RGB	rgb(201, 171, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -1.63, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 63.41, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0114 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.139 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1655, 41.7508, 8.6846)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AB2F #2F4DC9

analogous

#C95E2F #C9AB2F #9AC92F

triadic

#C9AB2F #2FC9AB #AB2FC9

tetradic

#C9AB2F #2FC95E #2F4DC9 #C92F9A

square

#C9AB2F #2FC95E #2F4DC9 #C92F9A

split-complementary

#C9AB2F #2F9AC9 #5E2FC9

monochromatic

#665718 #978123 #C9AB2F #D9C15C #E5D48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C9AB2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C9AB2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AB2F

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AB2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AB2F	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)

#BDA816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ab2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 171, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.139 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec371',
    500: '#c9ab2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ab2f;
$custom-light: #dec371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ab2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.312,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74692,
    "c": 0.13903,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AB2F

secondary

#8593CF

accent

#62E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AB2F

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

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