#C9BD45#C9BD45

#C9BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.139 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD45
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -9.93, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 60.65, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0326 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.139 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3609, 49.2440, 12.8501)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD45 #4551C9

analogous

#C97B45 #C9BD45 #93C945

triadic

#C9BD45 #45C9BD #BD45C9

tetradic

#C9BD45 #45C97B #4551C9 #C94593

square

#C9BD45 #45C97B #4551C9 #C94593

split-complementary

#C9BD45 #4593C9 #7B45C9

monochromatic

#726B21 #A2972F #C9BD45 #D7CE74 #E5DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C9BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD45

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD45	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.139 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd07f',
    500: '#c9bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd45;
$custom-light: #ddd07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78627,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD45

secondary

#989ED1

accent

#57DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD45

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

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