#C9BD4D#C9BD4D

#C9BD4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.133 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD4D
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -9.43, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 57.30, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0303 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.133 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6262, 49.3502, 14.2473)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD4D #4D59C9

analogous

#C97F4D #C9BD4D #97C94D

triadic

#C9BD4D #4DC9BD #BD4DC9

tetradic

#C9BD4D #4DC97F #4D59C9 #C94D97

square

#C9BD4D #4DC97F #4D59C9 #C94D97

split-complementary

#C9BD4D #4D97C9 #7F4DC9

monochromatic

#776F24 #A69B32 #C9BD4D #D7CE7C #E5E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#C9BD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD4D

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD4D	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.133 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd083',
    500: '#c9bd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd4d;
$custom-light: #dcd083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.787,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD4D

secondary

#9FA4D3

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD4D

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

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