#C9BC53#C9BC53

#C9BC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC53
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -8.50, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 54.28, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.027 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6335, 49.0101, 15.3434)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC53 #5360C9

analogous

#C98153 #C9BC53 #9BC953

triadic

#C9BC53 #53C9BC #BC53C9

tetradic

#C9BC53 #53C981 #5360C9 #C9539B

square

#C9BC53 #53C981 #5360C9 #C9539B

split-complementary

#C9BC53 #539BC9 #8153C9

monochromatic

#7B7227 #AA9D35 #C9BC53 #D8CE82 #E6E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C9BC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC53

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC53	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)

#CCB748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf87',
    500: '#c9bc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc53;
$custom-light: #dccf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78551,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC53

secondary

#A3A9D4

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC53

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

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