#C9AB3D#C9AB3D

#C9AB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.130 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AB3D
RGB	rgb(201, 171, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -0.98, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 58.17, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.008 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.13 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4946, 41.8824, 10.4178)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AB3D #3D5BC9

analogous

#C9653D #C9AB3D #A1C93D

triadic

#C9AB3D #3DC9AB #AB3DC9

tetradic

#C9AB3D #3DC965 #3D5BC9 #C93DA1

square

#C9AB3D #3DC965 #3D5BC9 #C93DA1

split-complementary

#C9AB3D #3DA1C9 #653DC9

monochromatic

#6D5C1E #9D852C #C9AB3D #D6C06D #E4D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C9AB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C9AB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AB3D

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AB3D	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ab3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 171, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.130 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc379',
    500: '#c9ab3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ab3d;
$custom-light: #ddc379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ab3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74793,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AB3D

secondary

#929FD0

accent

#69E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AB3D

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

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