#C9B348#C9B348

#C9B348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B348
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -4.56, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 55.98, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.017 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3790, 45.1275, 12.6605)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B348 #485EC9

analogous

#C97248 #C9B348 #9EC948

triadic

#C9B348 #48C9B3 #B348C9

tetradic

#C9B348 #48C972 #485EC9 #C9489E

square

#C9B348 #48C972 #485EC9 #C9489E

split-complementary

#C9B348 #489EC9 #7248C9

monochromatic

#746622 #A49030 #C9B348 #D7C777 #E5DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C9B348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C9B348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B348

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B348	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc980',
    500: '#c9b348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b348;
$custom-light: #ddc980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7655,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B348

secondary

#9BA4D2

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B348

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

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