#C9BD3A#C9BD3A

#C9BD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.146 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD3A
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -10.52, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 64.91, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0355 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.146 104)
XYZ	xyz(43.0505, 49.1199, 11.2156)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD3A #3A46C9

analogous

#C9753A #C9BD3A #8DC93A

triadic

#C9BD3A #3AC9BD #BD3AC9

tetradic

#C9BD3A #3AC975 #3A46C9 #C93A8D

square

#C9BD3A #3AC975 #3A46C9 #C93A8D

split-complementary

#C9BD3A #3A8DC9 #753AC9

monochromatic

#6B651D #9B922B #C9BD3A #D6CD6A #E3DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C9BD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD3A

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD3A	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)

#CEB724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.146 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd079',
    500: '#c9bd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd3a;
$custom-light: #ddd079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78541,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.49118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD3A

secondary

#9095CF

accent

#54E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD3A

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

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