#C9BF50#C9BF50

#C9BF50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF50
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -10.26, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 56.74, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0323 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1677, 50.2599, 14.9624)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF50 #505AC9

analogous

#C98250 #C9BF50 #97C950

triadic

#C9BF50 #50C9BF #BF50C9

tetradic

#C9BF50 #50C982 #505AC9 #C95097

square

#C9BF50 #50C982 #505AC9 #C95097

split-complementary

#C9BF50 #5097C9 #8250C9

monochromatic

#797225 #A89E34 #C9BF50 #D7D07F #E6E1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C9BF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF50

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF50	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)

#CFB944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd285',
    500: '#c9bf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf50;
$custom-light: #dcd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79154,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF50

secondary

#3C4182

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF50

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

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