#C9BB34#C9BB34

#C9BB34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.148 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB34
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -9.77, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 66.37, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0339 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.148 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4794, 48.2079, 10.3156)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB34 #3442C9

analogous

#C97034 #C9BB34 #8DC934

triadic

#C9BB34 #34C9BB #BB34C9

tetradic

#C9BB34 #34C970 #3442C9 #C9348D

square

#C9BB34 #34C970 #3442C9 #C9348D

split-complementary

#C9BB34 #348DC9 #7034C9

monochromatic

#68611B #988E27 #C9BB34 #D7CC63 #E3DC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C9BB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#C9BB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB34

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB34	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)

#CCB519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.148 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf75',
    500: '#c9bb34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb34;
$custom-light: #ddcf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.362,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78076,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB34

secondary

#8A91CE

accent

#54E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB34

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

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