#C9BC45#C9BC45

#C9BC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.138 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC45
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -9.42, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 60.30, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0312 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.138 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1465, 48.8153, 12.7786)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC45 #4552C9

analogous

#C97A45 #C9BC45 #94C945

triadic

#C9BC45 #45C9BC #BC45C9

tetradic

#C9BC45 #45C97A #4552C9 #C94594

square

#C9BC45 #45C97A #4552C9 #C94594

split-complementary

#C9BC45 #4594C9 #7A45C9

monochromatic

#726A21 #A2972F #C9BC45 #D7CD74 #E5DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C9BC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C9BC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC45

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC45	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.138 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcf7f',
    500: '#c9bc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc45;
$custom-light: #ddcf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78415,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC45

secondary

#989ED1

accent

#58DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC45

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

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