#C9BF3C#C9BF3C

#C9BF3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.147 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF3C
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -11.44, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 64.86, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0379 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.147 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5356, 50.0070, 11.6332)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF3C #3C46C9

analogous

#C9783C #C9BF3C #8CC93C

triadic

#C9BF3C #3CC9BF #BF3CC9

tetradic

#C9BF3C #3CC978 #3C46C9 #C93C8C

square

#C9BF3C #3CC978 #3C46C9 #C93C8C

split-complementary

#C9BF3C #3C8CC9 #783CC9

monochromatic

#6D671E #9C942B #C9BF3C #D6CF6C #E4DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C9BF3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF3C

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF3C	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)

#D0B827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.147 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27a',
    500: '#c9bf3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf3c;
$custom-light: #ddd27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78981,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF3C

secondary

#333876

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF3C

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

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