#C9BF46#C9BF46

#C9BF46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.140 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9BF46
RGBrgb(201, 191, 70)
HSLhsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(55, 65%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.14, -10.90, 59.99)
CIE-LCHlch(76.14, 60.97, 100.30°)
OKLaboklab(79.06% -0.0353 0.1355)
OKLCHoklch(79.06% 0.14 104.6)
XYZxyz(43.8254, 50.1229, 13.1593)
Luminance0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9BF46 #4650C9
analogous
#C97D46 #C9BF46 #91C946
triadic
#C9BF46 #46C9BF #BF46C9
tetradic
#C9BF46 #46C97D #4650C9 #C94691
square
#C9BF46 #46C97D #4650C9 #C94691
split-complementary
#C9BF46 #4691C9 #7D46C9
monochromatic
#736D22 #A29A2F #C9BF46 #D7CF75 #E5E0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90
#C9BF46 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02
#C9BF46 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF46
11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9BF46#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9BF461.001.9011.0211.02
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0221.001.001.00
##00000011.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB936
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BE4D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7B3A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9bf46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.140 104.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27f',
    500: '#c9bf46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9bf46;
$custom-light: #ddd27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9bf46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7906,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9BF46
secondary
#373C7C
accent
#55DE4A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C9BF46 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva