#C9AB30#C9AB30

#C9AB30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.138 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AB30
RGB	rgb(201, 171, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -1.59, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 63.07, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0112 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.138 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1859, 41.7590, 8.7920)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AB30 #304EC9

analogous

#C95F30 #C9AB30 #9BC930

triadic

#C9AB30 #30C9AB #AB30C9

tetradic

#C9AB30 #30C95F #304EC9 #C9309B

square

#C9AB30 #30C95F #304EC9 #C9309B

split-complementary

#C9AB30 #309BC9 #5F30C9

monochromatic

#665718 #988124 #C9AB30 #D8C05E #E4D48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C9AB30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C9AB30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AB30

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AB30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AB30	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)

#BDA818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ab30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 171, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.138 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec372',
    500: '#c9ab30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ab30;
$custom-light: #dec372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ab30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74698,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AB30

secondary

#8694CF

accent

#63E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AB30

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

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