#C9B446#C9B446

#C9B446 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B446
RGB	rgb(201, 180, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -5.21, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 57.15, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0191 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5160, 45.5041, 12.3895)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B446 #465BC9

analogous

#C97246 #C9B446 #9CC946

triadic

#C9B446 #46C9B4 #B446C9

tetradic

#C9B446 #46C972 #465BC9 #C9469C

square

#C9B446 #46C972 #465BC9 #C9469C

split-complementary

#C9B446 #469CC9 #7246C9

monochromatic

#736622 #A2902F #C9B446 #D7C775 #E5DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C9B446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C9B446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B446

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B446	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)

#C5B038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 180, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca7f',
    500: '#c9b446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b446;
$custom-light: #ddca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7674,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B446

secondary

#99A2D2

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B446

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

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