#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
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -9.81, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 59.83, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0321 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.137 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4240, 49.2693, 13.1826)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##C9BD47	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	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)

#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

Preview with #C9BD47

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

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