#C9B048#C9B048

#C9B048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.126 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B048
RGB	rgb(201, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -2.99, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 55.02, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0125 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.126 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7843, 43.9381, 12.4623)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B048 #4861C9

analogous

#C96F48 #C9B048 #A1C948

triadic

#C9B048 #48C9B0 #B048C9

tetradic

#C9B048 #48C96F #4861C9 #C948A1

square

#C9B048 #48C96F #4861C9 #C948A1

split-complementary

#C9B048 #48A1C9 #6F48C9

monochromatic

#746422 #A48D30 #C9B048 #D7C477 #E5D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C9B048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C9B048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B048

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B048	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.126 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc77f',
    500: '#c9b048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b048;
$custom-light: #ddc77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75926,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B048

secondary

#9BA5D2

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B048

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

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