#C9BB3B#C9BB3B

#C9BB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.144 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB3B
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -9.45, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 63.86, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0323 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.144 103)
XYZ	xyz(42.6490, 48.2757, 11.2085)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB3B #3B49C9

analogous

#C9743B #C9BB3B #90C93B

triadic

#C9BB3B #3BC9BB #BB3BC9

tetradic

#C9BB3B #3BC974 #3B49C9 #C93B90

square

#C9BB3B #3BC974 #3B49C9 #C93B90

split-complementary

#C9BB3B #3B90C9 #743BC9

monochromatic

#6C641E #9C912B #C9BB3B #D6CC6B #E3DC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C9BB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C9BB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB3B

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB3B	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)

#CCB526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.144 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf79',
    500: '#c9bb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb3b;
$custom-light: #ddcf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78124,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.48274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB3B

secondary

#9097CF

accent

#57E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB3B

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

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