#C9B748#C9B748

#C9B748 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B748
RGB	rgb(201, 183, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -6.65, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 57.31, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.023 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1923, 46.7542, 12.9316)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B748 #485AC9

analogous

#C97648 #C9B748 #9AC948

triadic

#C9B748 #48C9B7 #B748C9

tetradic

#C9B748 #48C976 #485AC9 #C9489A

square

#C9B748 #48C976 #485AC9 #C9489A

split-complementary

#C9B748 #489AC9 #7648C9

monochromatic

#746922 #A49330 #C9B748 #D7CA77 #E5DCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C9B748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#C9B748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B748

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B748	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 183, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc80',
    500: '#c9b748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b748;
$custom-light: #ddcc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77388,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B748

secondary

#9BA2D2

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B748

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

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