#C9B044#C9B044

#C9B044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.129 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B044
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -3.23, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 56.73, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0136 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.129 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6580, 43.8876, 11.7973)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B044 #445DC9

analogous

#C96E44 #C9B044 #9FC944

triadic

#C9B044 #44C9B0 #B044C9

tetradic

#C9B044 #44C96E #445DC9 #C9449F

square

#C9B044 #44C96E #445DC9 #C9449F

split-complementary

#C9B044 #449FC9 #6E44C9

monochromatic

#726321 #A18C2F #C9B044 #D7C473 #E4D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C9B044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C9B044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B044

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B044	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.129 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc77d',
    500: '#c9b044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b044;
$custom-light: #ddc77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B044

secondary

#98A2D1

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B044

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

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