#C9BB48#C9BB48

#C9BB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.135 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB48
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -8.72, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 58.70, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0289 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0291, 48.4278, 13.2106)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB48 #4856C9

analogous

#C97A48 #C9BB48 #96C948

triadic

#C9BB48 #48C9BB #BB48C9

tetradic

#C9BB48 #48C97A #4856C9 #C94896

square

#C9BB48 #48C97A #4856C9 #C94896

split-complementary

#C9BB48 #4896C9 #7A48C9

monochromatic

#746B22 #A49730 #C9BB48 #D7CD77 #E5DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C9BB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C9BB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB48

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB48	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf80',
    500: '#c9bb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb48;
$custom-light: #ddcf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7823,
    "c": 0.13482,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB48

secondary

#9BA1D2

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB48

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

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