#C9BC38#C9BC38

#C9BC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.147 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC38
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -10.10, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 65.30, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0345 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.147 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7863, 48.6712, 10.8814)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC38 #3845C9

analogous

#C97438 #C9BC38 #8DC938

triadic

#C9BC38 #38C9BC #BC38C9

tetradic

#C9BC38 #38C974 #3845C9 #C9388D

square

#C9BC38 #38C974 #3845C9 #C9388D

split-complementary

#C9BC38 #388DC9 #7438C9

monochromatic

#6A631D #9A902A #C9BC38 #D6CC68 #E3DC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C9BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC38

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC38	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.147 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf78',
    500: '#c9bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc38;
$custom-light: #ddcf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.621,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78315,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC38

secondary

#8E94CF

accent

#55E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC38

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

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