#C9BB54#C9BB54

#C9BB54 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.125 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB54
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 84)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 58.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -7.91, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 53.46, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0252 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.125 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4595, 48.5999, 15.4773)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB54 #5462C9

analogous

#C98054 #C9BB54 #9CC954

triadic

#C9BB54 #54C9BB #BB54C9

tetradic

#C9BB54 #54C980 #5462C9 #C9549C

square

#C9BB54 #54C980 #5462C9 #C9549C

split-complementary

#C9BB54 #549CC9 #8054C9

monochromatic

#7C7127 #AA9C36 #C9BB54 #D8CD83 #E6E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BB54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C9BB54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB54

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB54	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)

#CAB649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.125 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf88',
    500: '#c9bb54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb54;
$custom-light: #dccf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78351,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB54

secondary

#A4AAD5

accent

#5DDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB54

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

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