#C9BD32#C9BD32

#C9BD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.151 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD32
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -10.88, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 67.69, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0372 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.151 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8626, 49.0447, 10.2258)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD32 #323EC9

analogous

#C97232 #C9BD32 #8AC932

triadic

#C9BD32 #32C9BD #BD32C9

tetradic

#C9BD32 #32C972 #323EC9 #C9328A

square

#C9BD32 #32C972 #323EC9 #C9328A

split-complementary

#C9BD32 #328AC9 #7232C9

monochromatic

#67611A #988F26 #C9BD32 #D8CE61 #E4DD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C9BD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD32

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD32	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)

#CEB614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.151 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd075',
    500: '#c9bd32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd32;
$custom-light: #ddd075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.232,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78489,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD32

secondary

#888ECF

accent

#51E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD32

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

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