#C9BF2C#C9BF2C

#C9BF2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.156 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF2C
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -12.13, 69.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 70.23, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0413 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.156 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1747, 49.8627, 9.7326)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF2C #2C36C9

analogous

#C9702C #C9BF2C #85C92C

triadic

#C9BF2C #2CC9BF #BF2CC9

tetradic

#C9BF2C #2CC970 #2C36C9 #C92C85

square

#C9BF2C #2CC970 #2C36C9 #C92C85

split-complementary

#C9BF2C #2C85C9 #702CC9

monochromatic

#656016 #978F21 #C9BF2C #DAD258 #E5E08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C9BF2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF2C

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF2C	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.156 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded172',
    500: '#c9bf2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf2c;
$custom-light: #ded172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.178,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78882,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF2C

secondary

#8287CF

accent

#4BE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF2C

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

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