#C9BC56#C9BC56

#C9BC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC56
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -8.28, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 52.92, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.026 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7518, 49.0575, 15.9667)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC56 #5663C9

analogous

#C98356 #C9BC56 #9DC956

triadic

#C9BC56 #56C9BC #BC56C9

tetradic

#C9BC56 #56C983 #5663C9 #C9569D

square

#C9BC56 #56C983 #5663C9 #C9569D

split-complementary

#C9BC56 #569DC9 #8356C9

monochromatic

#7D7328 #AB9E37 #C9BC56 #D8CE84 #E7E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C9BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC56

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC56	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf89',
    500: '#c9bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc56;
$custom-light: #dccf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78583,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC56

secondary

#A6ABD5

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC56

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

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