#C9BF37#C9BF37

#C9BF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.150 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF37
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -11.68, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 66.66, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.039 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.15 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4096, 49.9566, 10.9697)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF37 #3741C9

analogous

#C97637 #C9BF37 #8AC937

triadic

#C9BF37 #37C9BF #BF37C9

tetradic

#C9BF37 #37C976 #3741C9 #C9378A

square

#C9BF37 #37C976 #3741C9 #C9378A

split-complementary

#C9BF37 #378AC9 #7637C9

monochromatic

#69641C #999229 #C9BF37 #D6CE67 #E3DE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#C9BF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF37

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF37	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.150 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd277',
    500: '#c9bf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf37;
$custom-light: #ddd277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78947,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF37

secondary

#8D92CF

accent

#52E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF37

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

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