#C9BF4E#C9BF4E

#C9BF4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.134 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF4E
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -10.39, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 57.61, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0329 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0949, 50.2307, 14.5790)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF4E #4E58C9

analogous

#C9824E #C9BF4E #96C94E

triadic

#C9BF4E #4EC9BF #BF4EC9

tetradic

#C9BF4E #4EC982 #4E58C9 #C94E96

square

#C9BF4E #4EC982 #4E58C9 #C94E96

split-complementary

#C9BF4E #4E96C9 #824EC9

monochromatic

#787125 #A79D33 #C9BF4E #D7D07D #E6E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C9BF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF4E

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF4E	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd284',
    500: '#c9bf4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf4e;
$custom-light: #dcd284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79134,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF4E

secondary

#3B4080

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF4E

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

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