#C9BB4A#C9BB4A

#C9BB4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.133 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB4A
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 63.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -8.60, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 57.85, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0283 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.133 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0954, 48.4543, 13.5598)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB4A #4A58C9

analogous

#C97C4A #C9BB4A #98C94A

triadic

#C9BB4A #4AC9BB #BB4AC9

tetradic

#C9BB4A #4AC97C #4A58C9 #C94A98

square

#C9BB4A #4AC97C #4A58C9 #C94A98

split-complementary

#C9BB4A #4A98C9 #7C4AC9

monochromatic

#766C23 #A59831 #C9BB4A #D7CD79 #E5DEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C9BB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB4A

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB4A	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.133 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf82',
    500: '#c9bb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb4a;
$custom-light: #dccf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78249,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB4A

secondary

#9CA2D2

accent

#5BDD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB4A

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

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