#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
RGBrgb(201, 189, 50)
HSLhsl(55, 60%, 49%)
HSVhsv(55, 75%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.48, -10.88, 66.81)
CIE-LCHlch(75.48, 67.69, 99.25°)
OKLaboklab(78.49% -0.0372 0.1464)
OKLCHoklch(78.49% 0.151 104.3)
XYZxyz(42.8626, 49.0447, 10.2258)
Luminance0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##C9BD321.001.9410.8110.81
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8121.001.001.00
##00000010.8121.001.001.00

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

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#C9BD32 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva