#C9BF52#C9BF52

#C9BF52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.130 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF52
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -10.12, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 55.86, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0317 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.13 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2427, 50.2899, 15.3574)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF52 #525CC9

analogous

#C98352 #C9BF52 #97C952

triadic

#C9BF52 #52C9BF #BF52C9

tetradic

#C9BF52 #52C983 #525CC9 #C95297

square

#C9BF52 #52C983 #525CC9 #C95297

split-complementary

#C9BF52 #5297C9 #8352C9

monochromatic

#7A7326 #A99F35 #C9BF52 #D8D081 #E6E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BF52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#C9BF52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF52

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF52	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.130 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd287',
    500: '#c9bf52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf52;
$custom-light: #dcd287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79175,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF52

secondary

#3D4283

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF52

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

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