#C9BC30#C9BC30

#C9BC30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.151 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC30
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -10.45, 67.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 68.02, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0362 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.151 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6060, 48.5991, 9.9321)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC30 #303DC9

analogous

#C97030 #C9BC30 #8AC930

triadic

#C9BC30 #30C9BC #BC30C9

tetradic

#C9BC30 #30C970 #303DC9 #C9308A

square

#C9BC30 #30C970 #303DC9 #C9308A

split-complementary

#C9BC30 #308AC9 #7030C9

monochromatic

#666018 #988E24 #C9BC30 #D8CE5E #E4DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BC30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C9BC30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC30

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC30	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)

#CDB60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.151 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf74',
    500: '#c9bc30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc30;
$custom-light: #ddcf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.902,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78265,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC30

secondary

#868CCF

accent

#51E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC30

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

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