#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
RGBrgb(201, 189, 60)
HSLhsl(55, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(55, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.54, -10.42, 63.32)
CIE-LCHlch(75.54, 64.17, 99.35°)
OKLaboklab(78.56% -0.035 0.1409)
OKLCHoklch(78.56% 0.145 103.9)
XYZxyz(43.1024, 49.1407, 11.4888)
Luminance0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9BD3C1.001.9410.8310.83
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8321.001.001.00
##00000010.8321.001.001.00

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

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#C9BD3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva