#C9BD35#C9BD35

#C9BD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.149 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9BD35
RGBrgb(201, 189, 53)
HSLhsl(55, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(55, 74%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.50, -10.75, 65.81)
CIE-LCHlch(75.50, 66.68, 99.28°)
OKLaboklab(78.51% -0.0366 0.1449)
OKLCHoklch(78.51% 0.149 104.2)
XYZxyz(42.9294, 49.0715, 10.5779)
Luminance0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9BD35 #3541C9
analogous
#C97335 #C9BD35 #8BC935
triadic
#C9BD35 #35C9BD #BD35C9
tetradic
#C9BD35 #35C973 #3541C9 #C9358B
square
#C9BD35 #35C973 #3541C9 #C9358B
split-complementary
#C9BD35 #358BC9 #7335C9
monochromatic
#68621B #998F28 #C9BD35 #D6CD65 #E3DD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#C9BD35 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81
#C9BD35 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD35
10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9BD35#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9BD351.001.9410.8110.81
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8121.001.001.00
##00000010.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB61B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BD3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8B0A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9bd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.149 104.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd076',
    500: '#c9bd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9bd35;
$custom-light: #ddd076;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9bd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78508,
    "c": 0.14941,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9BD35
secondary
#8B91CE
accent
#53E146
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FCF9EE
border
#D5D2C9
text
#161309
muted
#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD35

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#C9BD35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva