#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
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -10.90, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 60.97, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0353 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.14 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8254, 50.1229, 13.1593)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9BF46	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	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)

#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

Preview with #C9BF46

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

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