#C9BB55#C9BB55

#C9BB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB55
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -7.84, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 53.00, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0248 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4989, 48.6157, 15.6850)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB55 #5563C9

analogous

#C98155 #C9BB55 #9DC955

triadic

#C9BB55 #55C9BB #BB55C9

tetradic

#C9BB55 #55C981 #5563C9 #C9559D

square

#C9BB55 #55C981 #5563C9 #C9559D

split-complementary

#C9BB55 #559DC9 #8155C9

monochromatic

#7C7227 #AB9D36 #C9BB55 #D8CE83 #E7E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C9BB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB55

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB55	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)

#CAB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf88',
    500: '#c9bb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb55;
$custom-light: #dccf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78362,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB55

secondary

#A5ABD5

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB55

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

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