#C9BF3D#C9BF3D

#C9BF3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.146 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF3D
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -11.39, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 64.49, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0376 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.146 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5623, 50.0177, 11.7737)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF3D #3D47C9

analogous

#C9793D #C9BF3D #8DC93D

triadic

#C9BF3D #3DC9BF #BF3DC9

tetradic

#C9BF3D #3DC979 #3D47C9 #C93D8D

square

#C9BF3D #3DC979 #3D47C9 #C93D8D

split-complementary

#C9BF3D #3D8DC9 #793DC9

monochromatic

#6D681E #9D952C #C9BF3D #D6CF6D #E4DF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C9BF3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF3D

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF3D	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)

#D0B829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.146 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27a',
    500: '#c9bf3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf3d;
$custom-light: #ddd27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78988,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF3D

secondary

#333877

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF3D

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

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