#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
RGBrgb(201, 187, 59)
HSLhsl(54, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(54, 71%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.00, -9.45, 63.16)
CIE-LCHlch(75.00, 63.86, 98.51°)
OKLaboklab(78.12% -0.0323 0.1403)
OKLCHoklch(78.12% 0.144 103)
XYZxyz(42.6490, 48.2757, 11.2085)
Luminance0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9BB3B1.001.9710.6510.65
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6521.001.001.00
##00000010.6521.001.001.00

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

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#C9BB3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva