#C9BB3F#C9BB3F

#C9BB3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.141 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB3F
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 63)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -9.24, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 62.34, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0313 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.141 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7567, 48.3188, 11.7759)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB3F #3F4DC9

analogous

#C9763F #C9BB3F #92C93F

triadic

#C9BB3F #3FC9BB #BB3FC9

tetradic

#C9BB3F #3FC976 #3F4DC9 #C93F92

square

#C9BB3F #3FC976 #3F4DC9 #C93F92

split-complementary

#C9BB3F #3F92C9 #763FC9

monochromatic

#6F661F #9E932D #C9BB3F #D6CC6F #E4DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C9BB3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#C9BB3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB3F

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB3F	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)

#CCB52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.141 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf7b',
    500: '#c9bb3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb3f;
$custom-light: #ddcf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78154,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB3F

secondary

#949AD0

accent

#58DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB3F

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

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