#C9BF4F#C9BF4F

#C9BF4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.133 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF4F
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -10.32, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 57.18, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0326 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.133 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1310, 50.2452, 14.7693)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF4F #4F59C9

analogous

#C9824F #C9BF4F #96C94F

triadic

#C9BF4F #4FC9BF #BF4FC9

tetradic

#C9BF4F #4FC982 #4F59C9 #C94F96

square

#C9BF4F #4FC982 #4F59C9 #C94F96

split-complementary

#C9BF4F #4F96C9 #824FC9

monochromatic

#797225 #A79E33 #C9BF4F #D7D07E #E6E1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BF4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C9BF4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF4F

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF4F	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)

#CFB942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.133 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd285',
    500: '#c9bf4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf4f;
$custom-light: #dcd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79144,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF4F

secondary

#3B4181

accent

#57DC4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF4F

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

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