#C9BB52#C9BB52

#C9BB52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB52
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -8.06, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 54.36, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0258 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3823, 48.5690, 15.0706)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB52 #5260C9

analogous

#C97F52 #C9BB52 #9BC952

triadic

#C9BB52 #52C9BB #BB52C9

tetradic

#C9BB52 #52C97F #5260C9 #C9529B

square

#C9BB52 #52C97F #5260C9 #C9529B

split-complementary

#C9BB52 #529BC9 #7F52C9

monochromatic

#7A7026 #A99B35 #C9BB52 #D8CD81 #E6E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C9BB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB52

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB52	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf86',
    500: '#c9bb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb52;
$custom-light: #dccf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78329,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB52

secondary

#A3A8D4

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB52

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

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