#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
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -11.07, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 62.18, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0361 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.142 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7330, 50.0860, 12.6730)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9BF43	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9BF43

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

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