#C9BD2E#C9BD2E

#C9BD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.153 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD2E
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -11.04, 68.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 68.97, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.038 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.153 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7800, 49.0117, 9.7910)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD2E #2E3AC9

analogous

#C96F2E #C9BD2E #87C92E

triadic

#C9BD2E #2EC9BD #BD2EC9

tetradic

#C9BD2E #2EC96F #2E3AC9 #C92E87

square

#C9BD2E #2EC96F #2E3AC9 #C92E87

split-complementary

#C9BD2E #2E87C9 #6F2EC9

monochromatic

#655F17 #978E23 #C9BD2E #D9D05B #E5DE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#C9BD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD2E

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD2E	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)

#CEB607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.153 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd073',
    500: '#c9bd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd2e;
$custom-light: #ddd073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.355,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78466,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD2E

secondary

#848ACF

accent

#4FE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD2E

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

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