#C9BF43#C9BF43

#C9BF43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.142 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9BF43
RGBrgb(201, 191, 67)
HSLhsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(56, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.12, -11.07, 61.18)
CIE-LCHlch(76.12, 62.18, 100.26°)
OKLaboklab(79.04% -0.0361 0.1375)
OKLCHoklch(79.04% 0.142 104.7)
XYZxyz(43.7330, 50.0860, 12.6730)
Luminance0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9BF43 #434DC9
analogous
#C97C43 #C9BF43 #90C943
triadic
#C9BF43 #43C9BF #BF43C9
tetradic
#C9BF43 #43C97C #434DC9 #C94390
square
#C9BF43 #43C97C #434DC9 #C94390
split-complementary
#C9BF43 #4390C9 #7C43C9
monochromatic
#716B20 #A1982E #C9BF43 #D7CF73 #E4DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#C9BF43 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02
#C9BF43 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF43
11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9BF43#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9BF431.001.9111.0211.02
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0221.001.001.00
##00000011.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB832
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BE4B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8B2A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9bf43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.142 104.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27e',
    500: '#c9bf43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9bf43;
$custom-light: #ddd27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9bf43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79035,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9BF43
secondary
#363B7A
accent
#54DF49
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C9BF43 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva