#C9BD49#C9BD49

#C9BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.136 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD49
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -9.69, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 59.00, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0315 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.136 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4892, 49.2954, 13.5262)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD49 #4955C9

analogous

#C97D49 #C9BD49 #95C949

triadic

#C9BD49 #49C9BD #BD49C9

tetradic

#C9BD49 #49C97D #4955C9 #C94995

square

#C9BD49 #49C97D #4955C9 #C94995

split-complementary

#C9BD49 #4995C9 #7D49C9

monochromatic

#756D23 #A49931 #C9BD49 #D7CE78 #E5DFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#C9BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD49

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD49	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.136 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd081',
    500: '#c9bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd49;
$custom-light: #dcd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78663,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD49

secondary

#9CA1D2

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD49

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

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