#C9BB53#C9BB53

#C9BB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB53
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -7.98, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 53.91, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0255 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4206, 48.5844, 15.2725)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB53 #5361C9

analogous

#C98053 #C9BB53 #9CC953

triadic

#C9BB53 #53C9BB #BB53C9

tetradic

#C9BB53 #53C980 #5361C9 #C9539C

square

#C9BB53 #53C980 #5361C9 #C9539C

split-complementary

#C9BB53 #539CC9 #8053C9

monochromatic

#7B7127 #AA9C35 #C9BB53 #D8CD82 #E6E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C9BB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB53

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB53	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf87',
    500: '#c9bb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb53;
$custom-light: #dccf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7834,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB53

secondary

#A3A9D4

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB53

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

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