#C9BC2C#C9BC2C

#C9BC2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.153 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC2C
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -10.60, 68.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 69.27, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.037 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.153 104)
XYZ	xyz(42.5272, 48.5676, 9.5168)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC2C #2C39C9

analogous

#C96D2C #C9BC2C #87C92C

triadic

#C9BC2C #2CC9BC #BC2CC9

tetradic

#C9BC2C #2CC96D #2C39C9 #C92C87

square

#C9BC2C #2CC96D #2C39C9 #C92C87

split-complementary

#C9BC2C #2C87C9 #6D2CC9

monochromatic

#655E16 #978D21 #C9BC2C #DAD058 #E5DE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C9BC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC2C

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC2C	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)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.153 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decf72',
    500: '#c9bc2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc2c;
$custom-light: #decf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.032,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78243,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.48566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC2C

secondary

#8288CF

accent

#4EE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC2C

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

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