#C9BC3F#C9BC3F

#C9BC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.142 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC3F
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 63)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -9.75, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 62.68, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0328 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.142 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9696, 48.7446, 11.8469)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC3F #3F4CC9

analogous

#C9773F #C9BC3F #91C93F

triadic

#C9BC3F #3FC9BC #BC3FC9

tetradic

#C9BC3F #3FC977 #3F4CC9 #C93F91

square

#C9BC3F #3FC977 #3F4CC9 #C93F91

split-complementary

#C9BC3F #3F91C9 #773FC9

monochromatic

#6F671F #9E942D #C9BC3F #D6CD6F #E4DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C9BC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C9BC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC3F

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC3F	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.142 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf7b',
    500: '#c9bc3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc3f;
$custom-light: #ddcf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78366,
    "c": 0.14225,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC3F

secondary

#9499D0

accent

#57DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC3F

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

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