#C9BD59#C9BD59

#C9BD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.122 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD59
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -8.57, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 51.93, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0265 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.122 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0896, 49.5355, 16.6881)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD59 #5965C9

analogous

#C98559 #C9BD59 #9DC959

triadic

#C9BD59 #59C9BD #BD59C9

tetradic

#C9BD59 #59C985 #5965C9 #C9599D

square

#C9BD59 #59C985 #5965C9 #C9599D

split-complementary

#C9BD59 #599DC9 #8559C9

monochromatic

#7E7529 #ADA038 #C9BD59 #D8CF87 #E7E2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C9BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD59

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD59	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.122 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd08b',
    500: '#c9bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd59;
$custom-light: #dcd08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78828,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD59

secondary

#A8ADD6

accent

#5DDA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD59

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

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