#C9BD3C#C9BD3C

#C9BD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.145 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD3C
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -10.42, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 64.17, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.035 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.145 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1024, 49.1407, 11.4888)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD3C #3C48C9

analogous

#C9763C #C9BD3C #8EC93C

triadic

#C9BD3C #3CC9BD #BD3CC9

tetradic

#C9BD3C #3CC976 #3C48C9 #C93C8E

square

#C9BD3C #3CC976 #3C48C9 #C93C8E

split-complementary

#C9BD3C #3C8EC9 #763CC9

monochromatic

#6D661E #9C932B #C9BD3C #D6CD6C #E4DD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C9BD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD3C

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD3C	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)

#CEB728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.145 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd07a',
    500: '#c9bd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd3c;
$custom-light: #ddd07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78556,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD3C

secondary

#9197D0

accent

#55E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD3C

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

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