#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
RGBrgb(201, 189, 70)
HSLhsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(55, 65%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.61, -9.87, 59.43)
CIE-LCHlch(75.61, 60.24, 99.43°)
OKLaboklab(78.64% -0.0323 0.1343)
OKLCHoklch(78.64% 0.138 103.5)
XYZxyz(43.3922, 49.2566, 13.0149)
Luminance0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##C9BD461.001.9410.8510.85
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8521.001.001.00
##00000010.8521.001.001.00

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

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#C9BD46 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva