#C9BD2C#C9BD2C

#C9BD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.154 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD2C
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -11.11, 68.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 69.58, 99.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0384 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.154 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7415, 48.9963, 9.5882)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD2C #2C38C9

analogous

#C96E2C #C9BD2C #86C92C

triadic

#C9BD2C #2CC9BD #BD2CC9

tetradic

#C9BD2C #2CC96E #2C38C9 #C92C86

square

#C9BD2C #2CC96E #2C38C9 #C92C86

split-complementary

#C9BD2C #2C86C9 #6E2CC9

monochromatic

#655F16 #978E21 #C9BD2C #DAD058 #E5DE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C9BD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD2C

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD2C	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)

#CEB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.154 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded072',
    500: '#c9bd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd2c;
$custom-light: #ded072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.414,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78456,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD2C

secondary

#8287CF

accent

#4DE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD2C

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

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