#C9BF31#C9BF31

#C9BF31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.153 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF31
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -11.94, 67.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 68.68, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0403 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.153 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2744, 49.9026, 10.2578)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF31 #313BC9

analogous

#C97331 #C9BF31 #87C931

triadic

#C9BF31 #31C9BF #BF31C9

tetradic

#C9BF31 #31C973 #313BC9 #C93187

square

#C9BF31 #31C973 #313BC9 #C93187

split-complementary

#C9BF31 #3187C9 #7331C9

monochromatic

#676119 #989025 #C9BF31 #D8D05F #E4DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C9BF31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF31

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF31	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)

#D0B80F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.153 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd274',
    500: '#c9bf31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf31;
$custom-light: #ddd274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.053,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7891,
    "c": 0.15339,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF31

secondary

#878CCF

accent

#4EE444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF31

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

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