#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
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -9.40, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 63.49, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0321 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6752, 48.2862, 11.3464)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9BB3C	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9BB3C

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

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