#C9BD3F#C9BD3F

#C9BD3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.143 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD3F
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -10.27, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 63.03, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0342 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.143 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1840, 49.1733, 11.9183)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD3F #3F4BC9

analogous

#C9783F #C9BD3F #90C93F

triadic

#C9BD3F #3FC9BD #BD3FC9

tetradic

#C9BD3F #3FC978 #3F4BC9 #C93F90

square

#C9BD3F #3FC978 #3F4BC9 #C93F90

split-complementary

#C9BD3F #3F90C9 #783FC9

monochromatic

#6F681F #9E942D #C9BD3F #D6CD6F #E4DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#C9BD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD3F

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD3F	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)

#CEB72C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.143 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd07b',
    500: '#c9bd3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd3f;
$custom-light: #ddd07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78578,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD3F

secondary

#9499D0

accent

#56DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD3F

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

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