#C9BB42#C9BB42

#C9BB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.139 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB42
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -9.08, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 61.16, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0305 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.139 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8429, 48.3532, 12.2296)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB42 #4250C9

analogous

#C97842 #C9BB42 #93C942

triadic

#C9BB42 #42C9BB #BB42C9

tetradic

#C9BB42 #42C978 #4250C9 #C94293

square

#C9BB42 #42C978 #4250C9 #C94293

split-complementary

#C9BB42 #4293C9 #7842C9

monochromatic

#706820 #A0942E #C9BB42 #D7CC72 #E4DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C9BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#C9BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB42

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB42	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)

#CCB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.139 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf7d',
    500: '#c9bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb42;
$custom-light: #ddcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78178,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB42

secondary

#969CD1

accent

#58DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB42

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

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