#C9BF32#C9BF32

#C9BF32 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	#C9BF32
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -11.90, 67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 68.35, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0401 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.153 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2958, 49.9111, 10.3702)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF32 #323CC9

analogous

#C97332 #C9BF32 #88C932

triadic

#C9BF32 #32C9BF #BF32C9

tetradic

#C9BF32 #32C973 #323CC9 #C93288

square

#C9BF32 #32C973 #323CC9 #C93288

split-complementary

#C9BF32 #3288C9 #7332C9

monochromatic

#67621A #989026 #C9BF32 #D8D061 #E4DE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C9BF32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF32

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF32	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)

#D0B812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.153 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd275',
    500: '#c9bf32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf32;
$custom-light: #ddd275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.026,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78916,
    "c": 0.15285,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF32

secondary

#888DCF

accent

#4FE344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF32

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

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