#C9BB2F#C9BB2F

#C9BB2F 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	#C9BB2F
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -9.97, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 68.02, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.035 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.151 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3727, 48.1652, 9.7536)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB2F #2F3DC9

analogous

#C96E2F #C9BB2F #8AC92F

triadic

#C9BB2F #2FC9BB #BB2FC9

tetradic

#C9BB2F #2FC96E #2F3DC9 #C92F8A

square

#C9BB2F #2FC96E #2F3DC9 #C92F8A

split-complementary

#C9BB2F #2F8AC9 #6E2FC9

monochromatic

#665F18 #978D23 #C9BB2F #D9CE5C #E5DD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C9BB2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C9BB2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB2F

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB2F	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)

#CCB50C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.151 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf73',
    500: '#c9bb2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb2f;
$custom-light: #ddcf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78047,
    "c": 0.15098,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB2F

secondary

#858CCF

accent

#51E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB2F

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

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