#C9BD55#C9BD55

#C9BD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.126 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD55
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -8.87, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 53.76, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0278 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.126 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9262, 49.4702, 15.8274)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD55 #5561C9

analogous

#C98355 #C9BD55 #9BC955

triadic

#C9BD55 #55C9BD #BD55C9

tetradic

#C9BD55 #55C983 #5561C9 #C9559B

square

#C9BD55 #55C983 #5561C9 #C9559B

split-complementary

#C9BD55 #559BC9 #8355C9

monochromatic

#7C7327 #AB9F36 #C9BD55 #D8CF83 #E7E1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C9BD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD55

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD55	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)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.126 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd088',
    500: '#c9bd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd55;
$custom-light: #dcd088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78783,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD55

secondary

#A5AAD5

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD55

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

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