#C9BD38#C9BD38

#C9BD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.148 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD38
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -10.62, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 65.63, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0359 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.148 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0006, 49.0999, 10.9528)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD38 #3844C9

analogous

#C97438 #C9BD38 #8DC938

triadic

#C9BD38 #38C9BD #BD38C9

tetradic

#C9BD38 #38C974 #3844C9 #C9388D

square

#C9BD38 #38C974 #3844C9 #C9388D

split-complementary

#C9BD38 #388DC9 #7438C9

monochromatic

#6A631D #9A912A #C9BD38 #D6CD68 #E3DD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C9BD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD38

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD38	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.148 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd078',
    500: '#c9bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd38;
$custom-light: #ddd078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.034,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78527,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD38

secondary

#8E93CF

accent

#54E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD38

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

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