#C9BA46#C9BA46

#C9BA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BA46
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -8.33, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 59.18, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.028 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7535, 47.9793, 12.8021)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA46 #4655C9

analogous

#C97846 #C9BA46 #96C946

triadic

#C9BA46 #46C9BA #BA46C9

tetradic

#C9BA46 #46C978 #4655C9 #C94696

square

#C9BA46 #46C978 #4655C9 #C94696

split-complementary

#C9BA46 #4696C9 #7846C9

monochromatic

#736A22 #A2952F #C9BA46 #D7CC75 #E5DDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C9BA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C9BA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA46

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA46	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce7f',
    500: '#c9ba46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba46;
$custom-light: #ddce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78001,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA46

secondary

#99A0D2

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA46

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →