#C9BF2E#C9BF2E

#C9BF2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.155 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF2E
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -12.06, 68.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 69.62, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0409 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.155 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2132, 49.8781, 9.9354)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF2E #2E38C9

analogous

#C9712E #C9BF2E #85C92E

triadic

#C9BF2E #2EC9BF #BF2EC9

tetradic

#C9BF2E #2EC971 #2E38C9 #C92E85

square

#C9BF2E #2EC971 #2E38C9 #C92E85

split-complementary

#C9BF2E #2E85C9 #712EC9

monochromatic

#656017 #979023 #C9BF2E #D9D15B #E5DF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C9BF2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF2E

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF2E	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.155 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd173',
    500: '#c9bf2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf2e;
$custom-light: #ddd173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78893,
    "c": 0.15493,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF2E

secondary

#8489CF

accent

#4DE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF2E

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

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