#C9BB3C#C9BB3C

#C9BB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9BB3C
RGBrgb(201, 187, 60)
HSLhsl(54, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(54, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.01, -9.40, 62.79)
CIE-LCHlch(75.01, 63.49, 98.51°)
OKLaboklab(78.13% -0.0321 0.1397)
OKLCHoklch(78.13% 0.143 102.9)
XYZxyz(42.6752, 48.2862, 11.3464)
Luminance0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9BB3C #3C4AC9
analogous
#C9743C #C9BB3C #90C93C
triadic
#C9BB3C #3CC9BB #BB3CC9
tetradic
#C9BB3C #3CC974 #3C4AC9 #C93C90
square
#C9BB3C #3CC974 #3C4AC9 #C93C90
split-complementary
#C9BB3C #3C90C9 #743CC9
monochromatic
#6D651E #9C912B #C9BB3C #D6CC6C #E4DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#C9BB3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66
#C9BB3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB3C
10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9BB3C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9BB3C1.001.9710.6610.66
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6621.001.001.00
##00000010.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB528
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BC44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8AEA2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9bb3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.143 102.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf7a',
    500: '#c9bb3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9bb3c;
$custom-light: #ddcf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9bb3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78131,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9BB3C
secondary
#9197D0
accent
#57E048
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FCF9EE
border
#D5D2C9
text
#16130A
muted
#84827C

Preview Lab

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#C9BB3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva