#C9B453#C9B453

#C9B453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.120 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B453
RGB	rgb(201, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -4.34, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 51.41, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.015 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.12 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9716, 45.6864, 14.7895)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B453 #5368C9

analogous

#C97953 #C9B453 #A3C953

triadic

#C9B453 #53C9B4 #B453C9

tetradic

#C9B453 #53C979 #5368C9 #C953A3

square

#C9B453 #53C979 #5368C9 #C953A3

split-complementary

#C9B453 #53A3C9 #7953C9

monochromatic

#7B6C27 #AA9535 #C9B453 #D8C882 #E6DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C9B453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C9B453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B453

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B453	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca87',
    500: '#c9b453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b453;
$custom-light: #dcca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76873,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B453

secondary

#A3ACD4

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B453

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

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