#C9BC3C#C9BC3C

#C9BC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.144 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC3C
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -9.91, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 63.83, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0335 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.144 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8880, 48.7119, 11.4173)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC3C #3C49C9

analogous

#C9753C #C9BC3C #8FC93C

triadic

#C9BC3C #3CC9BC #BC3CC9

tetradic

#C9BC3C #3CC975 #3C49C9 #C93C8F

square

#C9BC3C #3CC975 #3C49C9 #C93C8F

split-complementary

#C9BC3C #3C8FC9 #753CC9

monochromatic

#6D651E #9C922B #C9BC3C #D6CC6C #E4DD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C9BC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C9BC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC3C

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC3C	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#CDB628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.144 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf7a',
    500: '#c9bc3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc3c;
$custom-light: #ddcf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78343,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC3C

secondary

#9197D0

accent

#56E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC3C

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

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