#C9BD47#C9BD47

#C9BD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.137 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9BD47
RGBrgb(201, 189, 71)
HSLhsl(54, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(54, 65%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.62, -9.81, 59.02)
CIE-LCHlch(75.62, 59.83, 99.44°)
OKLaboklab(78.65% -0.0321 0.1336)
OKLCHoklch(78.65% 0.137 103.5)
XYZxyz(43.4240, 49.2693, 13.1826)
Luminance0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9BD47 #4753C9
analogous
#C97C47 #C9BD47 #94C947
triadic
#C9BD47 #47C9BD #BD47C9
tetradic
#C9BD47 #47C97C #4753C9 #C94794
square
#C9BD47 #47C97C #4753C9 #C94794
split-complementary
#C9BD47 #4794C9 #7C47C9
monochromatic
#746C22 #A39830 #C9BD47 #D7CE76 #E5DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93
#C9BD47 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85
#C9BD47 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD47
10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9BD47#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9BD471.001.9310.8510.85
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8521.001.001.00
##00000010.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB738
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BD4E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7B1A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9bd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.137 103.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd080',
    500: '#c9bd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9bd47;
$custom-light: #ddd080;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9bd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78645,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9BD47
secondary
#9A9FD2
accent
#58DE4A
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9EF
border
#D4D2CA
text
#15130B
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

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#C9BD47 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva