#C9BB39#C9BB39

#C9BB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.145 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB39
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -9.54, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 64.60, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0328 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.145 103)
XYZ	xyz(42.5981, 48.2553, 10.9405)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB39 #3947C9

analogous

#C97339 #C9BB39 #8FC939

triadic

#C9BB39 #39C9BB #BB39C9

tetradic

#C9BB39 #39C973 #3947C9 #C9398F

square

#C9BB39 #39C973 #3947C9 #C9398F

split-complementary

#C9BB39 #398FC9 #7339C9

monochromatic

#6B631D #9B902A #C9BB39 #D6CC69 #E3DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C9BB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C9BB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB39

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB39	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)

#CCB523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.145 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf78',
    500: '#c9bb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb39;
$custom-light: #ddcf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.167,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7811,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.48254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB39

secondary

#8F95CF

accent

#56E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB39

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

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