#C9BD56#C9BD56

#C9BD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD56
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -8.80, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 53.30, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0275 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9662, 49.4862, 16.0381)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD56 #5662C9

analogous

#C98456 #C9BD56 #9CC956

triadic

#C9BD56 #56C9BD #BD56C9

tetradic

#C9BD56 #56C984 #5662C9 #C9569C

square

#C9BD56 #56C984 #5662C9 #C9569C

split-complementary

#C9BD56 #569CC9 #8456C9

monochromatic

#7D7428 #AB9F37 #C9BD56 #D8CF84 #E7E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C9BD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD56

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD56	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd089',
    500: '#c9bd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd56;
$custom-light: #dcd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78794,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD56

secondary

#A6ABD5

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD56

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

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