#C9BA45#C9BA45

#C9BA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.136 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BA45
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -8.39, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 59.59, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0282 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(42.7222, 47.9668, 12.6372)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA45 #4554C9

analogous

#C97845 #C9BA45 #96C945

triadic

#C9BA45 #45C9BA #BA45C9

tetradic

#C9BA45 #45C978 #4554C9 #C94596

square

#C9BA45 #45C978 #4554C9 #C94596

split-complementary

#C9BA45 #4596C9 #7845C9

monochromatic

#726921 #A2952F #C9BA45 #D7CC74 #E5DDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C9BA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#C9BA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA45

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA45	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce7e',
    500: '#c9ba45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba45;
$custom-light: #ddce7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77992,
    "c": 0.1362,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.47965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA45

secondary

#989FD1

accent

#5ADE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA45

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

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