#C9BB44#C9BB44

#C9BB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB44
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -8.96, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 60.35, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.03 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9029, 48.3772, 12.5456)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB44 #4452C9

analogous

#C97844 #C9BB44 #95C944

triadic

#C9BB44 #44C9BB #BB44C9

tetradic

#C9BB44 #44C978 #4452C9 #C94495

square

#C9BB44 #44C978 #4452C9 #C94495

split-complementary

#C9BB44 #4495C9 #7844C9

monochromatic

#726921 #A1952F #C9BB44 #D7CC73 #E4DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C9BB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#C9BB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB44

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB44	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf7e',
    500: '#c9bb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb44;
$custom-light: #ddcf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78195,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB44

secondary

#989ED1

accent

#59DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB44

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

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