#C9BA4E#C9BA4E

#C9BA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BA4E
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -7.82, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 55.76, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0256 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0231, 48.0871, 14.2218)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA4E #4E5DC9

analogous

#C97D4E #C9BA4E #9BC94E

triadic

#C9BA4E #4EC9BA #BA4EC9

tetradic

#C9BA4E #4EC97D #4E5DC9 #C94E9B

square

#C9BA4E #4EC97D #4E5DC9 #C94E9B

split-complementary

#C9BA4E #4E9BC9 #7D4EC9

monochromatic

#786E25 #A79933 #C9BA4E #D7CC7D #E6DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C9BA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#C9BA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA4E

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA4E	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcce84',
    500: '#c9ba4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba4e;
$custom-light: #dcce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78077,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA4E

secondary

#9FA6D3

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA4E

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

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