#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
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -8.57, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 54.73, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0273 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5952, 48.9948, 15.1416)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9BC52	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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