#C9BD46#C9BD46

#C9BD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.138 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD46
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -9.87, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 60.24, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0323 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.138 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3922, 49.2566, 13.0149)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD46 #4652C9

analogous

#C97B46 #C9BD46 #93C946

triadic

#C9BD46 #46C9BD #BD46C9

tetradic

#C9BD46 #46C97B #4652C9 #C94693

square

#C9BD46 #46C97B #4652C9 #C94693

split-complementary

#C9BD46 #4693C9 #7B46C9

monochromatic

#736C22 #A2982F #C9BD46 #D7CE75 #E5DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C9BD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD46

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD46	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)

#CDB737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.138 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd07f',
    500: '#c9bd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd46;
$custom-light: #ddd07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78636,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD46

secondary

#999ED2

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD46

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

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