#C9BD53#C9BD53

#C9BD53 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 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD53
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -9.02, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 54.66, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0284 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.128 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8479, 49.4388, 15.4149)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD53 #535FC9

analogous

#C98253 #C9BD53 #9AC953

triadic

#C9BD53 #53C9BD #BD53C9

tetradic

#C9BD53 #53C982 #535FC9 #C9539A

square

#C9BD53 #53C982 #535FC9 #C9539A

split-complementary

#C9BD53 #539AC9 #8253C9

monochromatic

#7B7227 #AA9E35 #C9BD53 #D8CF82 #E6E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C9BD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD53

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD53	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.128 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd087',
    500: '#c9bd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd53;
$custom-light: #dcd087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78762,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD53

secondary

#A3A8D4

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD53

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

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