#C9BD4E#C9BD4E

#C9BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.132 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD4E
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -9.37, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 56.86, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.03 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.132 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6617, 49.3644, 14.4346)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD4E #4E5AC9

analogous

#C97F4E #C9BD4E #98C94E

triadic

#C9BD4E #4EC9BD #BD4EC9

tetradic

#C9BD4E #4EC97F #4E5AC9 #C94E98

square

#C9BD4E #4EC97F #4E5AC9 #C94E98

split-complementary

#C9BD4E #4E98C9 #7F4EC9

monochromatic

#787025 #A79C33 #C9BD4E #D7CE7D #E6E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#C9BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD4E

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD4E	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)

#CDB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.132 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd084',
    500: '#c9bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd4e;
$custom-light: #dcd084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7871,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD4E

secondary

#9FA5D3

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD4E

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

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