#C9BC59#C9BC59

#C9BC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.121 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC59
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -8.05, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 51.54, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.025 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.121 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8753, 49.1068, 16.6167)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC59 #5966C9

analogous

#C98459 #C9BC59 #9EC959

triadic

#C9BC59 #59C9BC #BC59C9

tetradic

#C9BC59 #59C984 #5966C9 #C9599E

square

#C9BC59 #59C984 #5966C9 #C9599E

split-complementary

#C9BC59 #599EC9 #8459C9

monochromatic

#7E7529 #AD9F38 #C9BC59 #D8CF87 #E7E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C9BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC59

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC59	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.121 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf8b',
    500: '#c9bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc59;
$custom-light: #dccf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78618,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC59

secondary

#A8ADD6

accent

#5EDA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC59

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

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