#C9BB40#C9BB40

#C9BB40 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 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB40
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -9.19, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 61.95, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0311 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.141 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7849, 48.3301, 11.9245)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB40 #404EC9

analogous

#C97740 #C9BB40 #92C940

triadic

#C9BB40 #40C9BB #BB40C9

tetradic

#C9BB40 #40C977 #404EC9 #C94092

square

#C9BB40 #40C977 #404EC9 #C94092

split-complementary

#C9BB40 #4092C9 #7740C9

monochromatic

#6F671F #9F932D #C9BB40 #D6CC70 #E4DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C9BB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#C9BB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB40

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB40	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.141 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf7c',
    500: '#c9bb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb40;
$custom-light: #ddcf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78162,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB40

secondary

#949BD0

accent

#58DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB40

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

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