#C9BC52#C9BC52

#C9BC52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.128 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9BC52
RGBrgb(201, 188, 82)
HSLhsl(53, 52%, 55%)
HSVhsv(53, 59%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.45, -8.57, 54.05)
CIE-LCHlch(75.45, 54.73, 99.01°)
OKLaboklab(78.54% -0.0273 0.1246)
OKLCHoklch(78.54% 0.128 102.4)
XYZxyz(43.5952, 48.9948, 15.1416)
Luminance0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9BC52 #525FC9
analogous
#C98052 #C9BC52 #9BC952
triadic
#C9BC52 #52C9BC #BC52C9
tetradic
#C9BC52 #52C980 #525FC9 #C9529B
square
#C9BC52 #52C980 #525FC9 #C9529B
split-complementary
#C9BC52 #529BC9 #8052C9
monochromatic
#7A7126 #A99C35 #C9BC52 #D8CE81 #E6E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#C9BC52 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80
#C9BC52 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC52
10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9BC52#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9BC521.001.9410.8010.80
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8021.001.001.00
##00000010.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB747
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BC57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7B0A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9bc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.128 102.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf86',
    500: '#c9bc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9bc52;
$custom-light: #dccf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9bc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7854,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9BC52
secondary
#A3A8D4
accent
#5CDC4C
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9F0
border
#D4D2CB
text
#15130B
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC52

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#C9BC52 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva