#C9BF55#C9BF55

#C9BF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.128 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF55
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -9.90, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 54.52, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0307 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.128 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3594, 50.3365, 15.9718)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF55 #555FC9

analogous

#C98555 #C9BF55 #99C955

triadic

#C9BF55 #55C9BF #BF55C9

tetradic

#C9BF55 #55C985 #555FC9 #C95599

square

#C9BF55 #55C985 #555FC9 #C95599

split-complementary

#C9BF55 #5599C9 #8555C9

monochromatic

#7C7527 #ABA136 #C9BF55 #D8D083 #E7E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C9BF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF55

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF55	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.128 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd289',
    500: '#c9bf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf55;
$custom-light: #dcd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79206,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF55

secondary

#3E4484

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF55

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

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