#C9AB45#C9AB45

#C9AB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.125 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AB45
RGB	rgb(201, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -0.53, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 54.83, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0058 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.125 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7264, 41.9752, 11.6386)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AB45 #4563C9

analogous

#C96945 #C9AB45 #A5C945

triadic

#C9AB45 #45C9AB #AB45C9

tetradic

#C9AB45 #45C969 #4563C9 #C945A5

square

#C9AB45 #45C969 #4563C9 #C945A5

split-complementary

#C9AB45 #45A5C9 #6945C9

monochromatic

#726021 #A2882F #C9AB45 #D7C074 #E5D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C9AB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C9AB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AB45

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AB45	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.125 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc37d',
    500: '#c9ab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ab45;
$custom-light: #ddc37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74864,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AB45

secondary

#98A5D1

accent

#6BDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AB45

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

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