#C9B045#C9B045

#C9B045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.128 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B045
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -3.17, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 56.31, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0134 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.128 96)
XYZ	xyz(40.6888, 43.8999, 11.9594)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B045 #455EC9

analogous

#C96E45 #C9B045 #A0C945

triadic

#C9B045 #45C9B0 #B045C9

tetradic

#C9B045 #45C96E #455EC9 #C945A0

square

#C9B045 #45C96E #455EC9 #C945A0

split-complementary

#C9B045 #45A0C9 #6E45C9

monochromatic

#726321 #A28C2F #C9B045 #D7C474 #E5D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C9B045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C9B045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B045

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B045	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)

#C1AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.128 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc77e',
    500: '#c9b045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b045;
$custom-light: #ddc77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75897,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.43898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B045

secondary

#98A3D1

accent

#66DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B045

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

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