#C9BA47#C9BA47

#C9BA47 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	#C9BA47
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -8.27, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 58.76, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0277 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7854, 47.9920, 12.9697)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA47 #4756C9

analogous

#C97947 #C9BA47 #97C947

triadic

#C9BA47 #47C9BA #BA47C9

tetradic

#C9BA47 #47C979 #4756C9 #C94797

square

#C9BA47 #47C979 #4756C9 #C94797

split-complementary

#C9BA47 #4797C9 #7947C9

monochromatic

#746A22 #A39630 #C9BA47 #D7CC76 #E5DDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C9BA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C9BA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA47

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA47	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)

#CAB439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddce80',
    500: '#c9ba47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba47;
$custom-light: #ddce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA47

secondary

#9AA0D2

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA47

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

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