#C9BF4D#C9BF4D

#C9BF4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.135 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF4D
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -10.46, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 58.04, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0332 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.135 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0593, 50.2165, 14.3916)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF4D #4D57C9

analogous

#C9814D #C9BF4D #95C94D

triadic

#C9BF4D #4DC9BF #BF4DC9

tetradic

#C9BF4D #4DC981 #4D57C9 #C94D95

square

#C9BF4D #4DC981 #4D57C9 #C94D95

split-complementary

#C9BF4D #4D95C9 #814DC9

monochromatic

#777124 #A69D32 #C9BF4D #D7D07C #E5E1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BF4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#C9BF4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF4D

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF4D	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)

#CFB940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.135 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd284',
    500: '#c9bf4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf4d;
$custom-light: #dcd284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79124,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF4D

secondary

#3A4080

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF4D

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

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