#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
RGBrgb(201, 188, 60)
HSLhsl(54, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(54, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.5%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.27, -9.91, 63.05)
CIE-LCHlch(75.27, 63.83, 98.93°)
OKLaboklab(78.34% -0.0335 0.1403)
OKLCHoklch(78.34% 0.144 103.4)
XYZxyz(42.8880, 48.7119, 11.4173)
Luminance0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9BC3C1.001.9510.7410.74
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7421.001.001.00
##00000010.7421.001.001.00

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

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#C9BC3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva