#C9BB4E#C9BB4E

#C9BB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.130 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB4E
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -8.33, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 56.13, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0271 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.13 102)
XYZ	xyz(43.2345, 48.5099, 14.2922)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB4E #4E5CC9

analogous

#C97E4E #C9BB4E #99C94E

triadic

#C9BB4E #4EC9BB #BB4EC9

tetradic

#C9BB4E #4EC97E #4E5CC9 #C94E99

square

#C9BB4E #4EC97E #4E5CC9 #C94E99

split-complementary

#C9BB4E #4E99C9 #7E4EC9

monochromatic

#786F25 #A79A33 #C9BB4E #D7CD7D #E6DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C9BB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB4E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB4E	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.130 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf84',
    500: '#c9bb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb4e;
$custom-light: #dccf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78288,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.48508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB4E

secondary

#9FA5D3

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB4E

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

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