#C9AB48#C9AB48

#C9AB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.122 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AB48
RGB	rgb(201, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -0.35, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 53.53, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0049 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.122 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8219, 42.0134, 12.1415)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AB48 #4866C9

analogous

#C96A48 #C9AB48 #A6C948

triadic

#C9AB48 #48C9AB #AB48C9

tetradic

#C9AB48 #48C96A #4866C9 #C948A6

square

#C9AB48 #48C96A #4866C9 #C948A6

split-complementary

#C9AB48 #48A6C9 #6A48C9

monochromatic

#746122 #A48930 #C9AB48 #D7C177 #E5D6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C9AB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C9AB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AB48

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AB48	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.122 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc37f',
    500: '#c9ab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ab48;
$custom-light: #ddc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74893,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AB48

secondary

#9BA8D2

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AB48

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

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