#C9BC4D#C9BC4D

#C9BC4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.132 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC4D
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -8.92, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 56.93, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0288 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.132 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4118, 48.9214, 14.1758)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC4D #4D5AC9

analogous

#C97E4D #C9BC4D #98C94D

triadic

#C9BC4D #4DC9BC #BC4DC9

tetradic

#C9BC4D #4DC97E #4D5AC9 #C94D98

square

#C9BC4D #4DC97E #4D5AC9 #C94D98

split-complementary

#C9BC4D #4D98C9 #7E4DC9

monochromatic

#776F24 #A69A32 #C9BC4D #D7CE7C #E5DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C9BC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C9BC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC4D

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC4D	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.132 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf83',
    500: '#c9bc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc4d;
$custom-light: #dccf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78489,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC4D

secondary

#9FA4D3

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC4D

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

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