#C9BB38#C9BB38

#C9BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.146 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB38
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -9.59, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 64.96, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.033 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.146 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5734, 48.2455, 10.8104)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB38 #3846C9

analogous

#C97238 #C9BB38 #8EC938

triadic

#C9BB38 #38C9BB #BB38C9

tetradic

#C9BB38 #38C972 #3846C9 #C9388E

square

#C9BB38 #38C972 #3846C9 #C9388E

split-complementary

#C9BB38 #388EC9 #7238C9

monochromatic

#6A621D #9A8F2A #C9BB38 #D6CB68 #E3DC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C9BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C9BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB38

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB38	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.146 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf77',
    500: '#c9bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb38;
$custom-light: #ddcf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.207,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78103,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB38

secondary

#8E94CF

accent

#56E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB38

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

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