#C9AB4E#C9AB4E

#C9AB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.117 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AB4E
RGB	rgb(201, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 0.05, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 50.85, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.003 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.117 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0273, 42.0955, 13.2232)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AB4E #4E6CC9

analogous

#C96E4E #C9AB4E #AAC94E

triadic

#C9AB4E #4EC9AB #AB4EC9

tetradic

#C9AB4E #4EC96E #4E6CC9 #C94EAA

square

#C9AB4E #4EC96E #4E6CC9 #C94EAA

split-complementary

#C9AB4E #4EAAC9 #6E4EC9

monochromatic

#786425 #A78B33 #C9AB4E #D7C17D #E6D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C9AB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C9AB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AB4E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AB4E	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.117 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc383',
    500: '#c9ab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ab4e;
$custom-light: #dcc383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74956,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AB4E

secondary

#9FACD3

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AB4E

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

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