#C9BD52#C9BD52

#C9BD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.128 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD52
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -9.09, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 55.10, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0288 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.128 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8095, 49.4235, 15.2130)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD52 #525EC9

analogous

#C98252 #C9BD52 #99C952

triadic

#C9BD52 #52C9BD #BD52C9

tetradic

#C9BD52 #52C982 #525EC9 #C95299

square

#C9BD52 #52C982 #525EC9 #C95299

split-complementary

#C9BD52 #5299C9 #8252C9

monochromatic

#7A7226 #A99D35 #C9BD52 #D8CF81 #E6E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C9BD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD52

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD52	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.128 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd087',
    500: '#c9bd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd52;
$custom-light: #dcd087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78751,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD52

secondary

#A3A8D4

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD52

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

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