#C9BD34#C9BD34

#C9BD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.150 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD34
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -10.79, 66.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 67.02, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0368 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.15 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9067, 49.0624, 10.4580)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD34 #3440C9

analogous

#C97334 #C9BD34 #8AC934

triadic

#C9BD34 #34C9BD #BD34C9

tetradic

#C9BD34 #34C973 #3440C9 #C9348A

square

#C9BD34 #34C973 #3440C9 #C9348A

split-complementary

#C9BD34 #348AC9 #7334C9

monochromatic

#68621B #988F27 #C9BD34 #D7CD63 #E3DD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#C9BD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD34

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD34	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)

#CEB618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.150 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd076',
    500: '#c9bd34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd34;
$custom-light: #ddd076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.168,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78501,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD34

secondary

#8A90CE

accent

#52E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD34

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

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