#C9B248#C9B248

#C9B248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B248
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -4.04, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 55.65, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0155 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.127 97)
XYZ	xyz(41.1793, 44.7281, 12.5940)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B248 #485FC9

analogous

#C97148 #C9B248 #9FC948

triadic

#C9B248 #48C9B2 #B248C9

tetradic

#C9B248 #48C971 #485FC9 #C9489F

square

#C9B248 #48C971 #485FC9 #C9489F

split-complementary

#C9B248 #489FC9 #7148C9

monochromatic

#746622 #A48F30 #C9B248 #D7C677 #E5DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C9B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C9B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B248

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B248	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc880',
    500: '#c9b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b248;
$custom-light: #ddc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76342,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.44726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B248

secondary

#9BA5D2

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B248

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

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