#C9BB31#C9BB31

#C9BB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.150 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB31
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -9.89, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 67.37, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0346 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.15 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4140, 48.1817, 9.9710)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB31 #313FC9

analogous

#C96F31 #C9BB31 #8BC931

triadic

#C9BB31 #31C9BB #BB31C9

tetradic

#C9BB31 #31C96F #313FC9 #C9318B

square

#C9BB31 #31C96F #313FC9 #C9318B

split-complementary

#C9BB31 #318BC9 #6F31C9

monochromatic

#675F19 #988D25 #C9BB31 #D8CD5F #E4DC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C9BB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C9BB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB31

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB31	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.150 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf74',
    500: '#c9bb31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb31;
$custom-light: #ddcf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.474,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78058,
    "c": 0.14993,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB31

secondary

#878ECF

accent

#53E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB31

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

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