#C9B145#C9B145

#C9B145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B145
RGB	rgb(201, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -3.70, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 56.62, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0149 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8856, 44.2935, 12.0250)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B145 #455DC9

analogous

#C96F45 #C9B145 #9FC945

triadic

#C9B145 #45C9B1 #B145C9

tetradic

#C9B145 #45C96F #455DC9 #C9459F

square

#C9B145 #45C96F #455DC9 #C9459F

split-complementary

#C9B145 #459FC9 #6F45C9

monochromatic

#726421 #A28D2F #C9B145 #D7C574 #E5D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C9B145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C9B145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B145

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B145	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc87e',
    500: '#c9b145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b145;
$custom-light: #ddc87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76105,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B145

secondary

#98A3D1

accent

#65DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B145

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

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