#C9B445#C9B445

#C9B445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B445
RGB	rgb(201, 180, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -5.27, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 57.58, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0194 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4847, 45.4916, 12.2247)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B445 #455AC9

analogous

#C97245 #C9B445 #9CC945

triadic

#C9B445 #45C9B4 #B445C9

tetradic

#C9B445 #45C972 #455AC9 #C9459C

square

#C9B445 #45C972 #455AC9 #C9459C

split-complementary

#C9B445 #459CC9 #7245C9

monochromatic

#726521 #A2902F #C9B445 #D7C774 #E5DAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C9B445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C9B445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B445

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B445	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 180, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca7e',
    500: '#c9b445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b445;
$custom-light: #ddca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76731,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B445

secondary

#98A1D1

accent

#61DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B445

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

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