#C9BF3A#C9BF3A

#C9BF3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.148 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF3A
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -11.54, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 65.60, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0383 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.148 105)
XYZ	xyz(43.4837, 49.9863, 11.3600)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF3A #3A44C9

analogous

#C9773A #C9BF3A #8BC93A

triadic

#C9BF3A #3AC9BF #BF3AC9

tetradic

#C9BF3A #3AC977 #3A44C9 #C93A8B

square

#C9BF3A #3AC977 #3A44C9 #C93A8B

split-complementary

#C9BF3A #3A8BC9 #773AC9

monochromatic

#6B661D #9B932B #C9BF3A #D6CF6A #E3DE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C9BF3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF3A

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF3A	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.148 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd279',
    500: '#c9bf3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf3a;
$custom-light: #ddd279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.804,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78967,
    "c": 0.1482,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.49985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF3A

secondary

#9094CF

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF3A

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

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