#C9BB2E#C9BB2E

#C9BB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.151 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB2E
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -10.01, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 68.34, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0352 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.152 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3528, 48.1572, 9.6486)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB2E #2E3CC9

analogous

#C96E2E #C9BB2E #89C92E

triadic

#C9BB2E #2EC9BB #BB2EC9

tetradic

#C9BB2E #2EC96E #2E3CC9 #C92E89

square

#C9BB2E #2EC96E #2E3CC9 #C92E89

split-complementary

#C9BB2E #2E89C9 #6E2EC9

monochromatic

#655E17 #978D23 #C9BB2E #D9CE5B #E5DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C9BB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C9BB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB2E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB2E	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.151 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decf73',
    500: '#c9bb2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb2e;
$custom-light: #decf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.581,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78041,
    "c": 0.1515,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB2E

secondary

#848BCF

accent

#51E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB2E

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

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