#C9BF44#C9BF44

#C9BF44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.141 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF44
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -11.01, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 61.78, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0358 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7633, 50.0981, 12.8324)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF44 #444EC9

analogous

#C97D44 #C9BF44 #90C944

triadic

#C9BF44 #44C9BF #BF44C9

tetradic

#C9BF44 #44C97D #444EC9 #C94490

square

#C9BF44 #44C97D #444EC9 #C94490

split-complementary

#C9BF44 #4490C9 #7D44C9

monochromatic

#726C21 #A1992F #C9BF44 #D7CF73 #E4E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#C9BF44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF44

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF44	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)

#CFB933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27e',
    500: '#c9bf44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf44;
$custom-light: #ddd27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79044,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF44

secondary

#363C7B

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF44

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

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