#C9BC3A#C9BC3A

#C9BC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.146 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC3A
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -10.01, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 64.57, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.034 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.146 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8362, 48.6912, 11.1441)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC3A #3A47C9

analogous

#C9743A #C9BC3A #8FC93A

triadic

#C9BC3A #3AC9BC #BC3AC9

tetradic

#C9BC3A #3AC974 #3A47C9 #C93A8F

square

#C9BC3A #3AC974 #3A47C9 #C93A8F

split-complementary

#C9BC3A #3A8FC9 #743AC9

monochromatic

#6B641D #9B912B #C9BC3A #D6CC6A #E3DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C9BC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC3A

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC3A	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.146 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf79',
    500: '#c9bc3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc3a;
$custom-light: #ddcf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78329,
    "c": 0.14553,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC3A

secondary

#9095CF

accent

#55E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC3A

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

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