#C9BF4B#C9BF4B

#C9BF4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.136 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF4B
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -10.59, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 58.89, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0338 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.136 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9898, 50.1887, 14.0255)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF4B #4B55C9

analogous

#C9804B #C9BF4B #94C94B

triadic

#C9BF4B #4BC9BF #BF4BC9

tetradic

#C9BF4B #4BC980 #4B55C9 #C94B94

square

#C9BF4B #4BC980 #4B55C9 #C94B94

split-complementary

#C9BF4B #4B94C9 #804BC9

monochromatic

#767023 #A59C32 #C9BF4B #D7D07A #E5E0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BF4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#C9BF4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF4B

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF4B	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.136 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd282',
    500: '#c9bf4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf4b;
$custom-light: #dcd282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79105,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF4B

secondary

#393F7F

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF4B

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

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