#C9BF42#C9BF42

#C9BF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.143 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF42
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -11.13, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 62.57, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0363 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.143 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7033, 50.0741, 12.5164)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF42 #424CC9

analogous

#C97C42 #C9BF42 #8FC942

triadic

#C9BF42 #42C9BF #BF42C9

tetradic

#C9BF42 #42C97C #424CC9 #C9428F

square

#C9BF42 #42C97C #424CC9 #C9428F

split-complementary

#C9BF42 #428FC9 #7C42C9

monochromatic

#706B20 #A0982E #C9BF42 #D7CF72 #E4DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C9BF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF42

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF42	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)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.143 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27d',
    500: '#c9bf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf42;
$custom-light: #ddd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79027,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF42

secondary

#363B7A

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF42

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

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