#C9BF40#C9BF40

#C9BF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.144 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF40
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -11.24, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 63.35, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0369 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.144 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6453, 50.0509, 12.2113)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF40 #404AC9

analogous

#C97A40 #C9BF40 #8FC940

triadic

#C9BF40 #40C9BF #BF40C9

tetradic

#C9BF40 #40C97A #404AC9 #C9408F

square

#C9BF40 #40C97A #404AC9 #C9408F

split-complementary

#C9BF40 #408FC9 #7A40C9

monochromatic

#6F691F #9F972D #C9BF40 #D6CF70 #E4DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C9BF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF40

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF40	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.144 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27c',
    500: '#c9bf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf40;
$custom-light: #ddd27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79011,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF40

secondary

#353A78

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF40

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

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