#C9BD3B#C9BD3B

#C9BD3B 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 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD3B
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -10.47, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 64.54, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0352 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.146 104)
XYZ	xyz(43.0762, 49.1302, 11.3509)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD3B #3B47C9

analogous

#C9763B #C9BD3B #8EC93B

triadic

#C9BD3B #3BC9BD #BD3BC9

tetradic

#C9BD3B #3BC976 #3B47C9 #C93B8E

square

#C9BD3B #3BC976 #3B47C9 #C93B8E

split-complementary

#C9BD3B #3B8EC9 #763BC9

monochromatic

#6C651E #9C922B #C9BD3B #D6CD6B #E3DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C9BD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD3B

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD3B	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.146 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd079',
    500: '#c9bd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd3b;
$custom-light: #ddd079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78548,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.49128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD3B

secondary

#9096CF

accent

#55E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD3B

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

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