#C9BC4E#C9BC4E

#C9BC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.131 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC4E
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -8.85, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 56.49, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0285 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.131 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4474, 48.9357, 14.3632)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC4E #4E5BC9

analogous

#C97F4E #C9BC4E #98C94E

triadic

#C9BC4E #4EC9BC #BC4EC9

tetradic

#C9BC4E #4EC97F #4E5BC9 #C94E98

square

#C9BC4E #4EC97F #4E5BC9 #C94E98

split-complementary

#C9BC4E #4E98C9 #7F4EC9

monochromatic

#786F25 #A79B33 #C9BC4E #D7CE7D #E6E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C9BC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C9BC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC4E

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC4E	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.131 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf84',
    500: '#c9bc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc4e;
$custom-light: #dccf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78499,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC4E

secondary

#9FA5D3

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC4E

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

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