#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
RGBrgb(201, 189, 73)
HSLhsl(54, 54%, 54%)
HSVhsv(54, 64%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.63, -9.69, 58.20)
CIE-LCHlch(75.63, 59.00, 99.45°)
OKLaboklab(78.66% -0.0315 0.1322)
OKLCHoklch(78.66% 0.136 103.4)
XYZxyz(43.4892, 49.2954, 13.5262)
Luminance0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##C9BD491.001.9310.8610.86
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8621.001.001.00
##00000010.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#C9BD49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva