#C9BC49#C9BC49

#C9BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC49
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -9.18, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 58.64, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.03 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2749, 48.8667, 13.4547)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC49 #4956C9

analogous

#C97C49 #C9BC49 #96C949

triadic

#C9BC49 #49C9BC #BC49C9

tetradic

#C9BC49 #49C97C #4956C9 #C94996

square

#C9BC49 #49C97C #4956C9 #C94996

split-complementary

#C9BC49 #4996C9 #7C49C9

monochromatic

#756D23 #A49831 #C9BC49 #D7CD78 #E5DFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C9BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C9BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC49

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC49	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf81',
    500: '#c9bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc49;
$custom-light: #dccf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78451,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC49

secondary

#9CA1D2

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC49

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

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