#C9BD48#C9BD48

#C9BD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.137 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9BD48
RGBrgb(201, 189, 72)
HSLhsl(54, 54%, 54%)
HSVhsv(54, 64%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.63, -9.75, 58.61)
CIE-LCHlch(75.63, 59.42, 99.45°)
OKLaboklab(78.65% -0.0318 0.1329)
OKLCHoklch(78.65% 0.137 103.5)
XYZxyz(43.4564, 49.2822, 13.3530)
Luminance0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9BD48 #4854C9
analogous
#C97C48 #C9BD48 #94C948
triadic
#C9BD48 #48C9BD #BD48C9
tetradic
#C9BD48 #48C97C #4854C9 #C94894
square
#C9BD48 #48C97C #4854C9 #C94894
split-complementary
#C9BD48 #4894C9 #7C48C9
monochromatic
#746D22 #A49930 #C9BD48 #D7CE77 #E5DFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93
#C9BD48 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86
#C9BD48 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD48
10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9BD48#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9BD481.001.9310.8610.86
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8621.001.001.00
##00000010.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB739
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BD4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7B1A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.137 103.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd080',
    500: '#c9bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9bd48;
$custom-light: #ddd080;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78654,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9BD48
secondary
#9BA0D2
accent
#58DE4A
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9EF
border
#D4D2CA
text
#15130B
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

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#C9BD48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva