#C9BD31#C9BD31

#C9BD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.152 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD31
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -10.92, 67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 68.02, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0374 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.152 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8413, 49.0362, 10.1134)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD31 #313DC9

analogous

#C97131 #C9BD31 #89C931

triadic

#C9BD31 #31C9BD #BD31C9

tetradic

#C9BD31 #31C971 #313DC9 #C93189

square

#C9BD31 #31C971 #313DC9 #C93189

split-complementary

#C9BD31 #3189C9 #7131C9

monochromatic

#676019 #988F25 #C9BD31 #D8CE5F #E4DD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C9BD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD31

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD31	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)

#CEB611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.152 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd074',
    500: '#c9bd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd31;
$custom-light: #ddd074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78483,
    "c": 0.15163,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD31

secondary

#878DCF

accent

#51E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD31

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

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