#C9BF48#C9BF48

#C9BF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.138 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF48
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -10.78, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 60.15, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0347 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.138 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8895, 50.1486, 13.4974)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF48 #4852C9

analogous

#C97E48 #C9BF48 #92C948

triadic

#C9BF48 #48C9BF #BF48C9

tetradic

#C9BF48 #48C97E #4852C9 #C94892

square

#C9BF48 #48C97E #4852C9 #C94892

split-complementary

#C9BF48 #4892C9 #7E48C9

monochromatic

#746E22 #A49B30 #C9BF48 #D7D077 #E5E0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#C9BF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF48

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF48	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.138 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd281',
    500: '#c9bf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf48;
$custom-light: #dcd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79078,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF48

secondary

#383D7D

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF48

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

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