#C9BF45#C9BF45

#C9BF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.141 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF45
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -10.96, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 61.37, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0355 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.141 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7941, 50.1104, 12.9945)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF45 #454FC9

analogous

#C97D45 #C9BF45 #91C945

triadic

#C9BF45 #45C9BF #BF45C9

tetradic

#C9BF45 #45C97D #454FC9 #C94591

square

#C9BF45 #45C97D #454FC9 #C94591

split-complementary

#C9BF45 #4591C9 #7D45C9

monochromatic

#726C21 #A2992F #C9BF45 #D7CF74 #E5E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#C9BF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF45

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF45	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)

#CFB935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.141 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27f',
    500: '#c9bf45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf45;
$custom-light: #ddd27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79052,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF45

secondary

#373C7B

accent

#55DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF45

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

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