#C9AB32#C9AB32

#C9AB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AB32
RGB	rgb(201, 171, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -1.51, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 62.36, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0107 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.137 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2281, 41.7758, 9.0143)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AB32 #3250C9

analogous

#C95F32 #C9AB32 #9CC932

triadic

#C9AB32 #32C9AB #AB32C9

tetradic

#C9AB32 #32C95F #3250C9 #C9329C

square

#C9AB32 #32C95F #3250C9 #C9329C

split-complementary

#C9AB32 #329CC9 #5F32C9

monochromatic

#67581A #988126 #C9AB32 #D8C061 #E4D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C9AB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C9AB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AB32

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AB32	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BDA81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ab32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 171, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec373',
    500: '#c9ab32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ab32;
$custom-light: #dec373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ab32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.079,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74711,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AB32

secondary

#8896CF

accent

#64E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AB32

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

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