#C9BF58#C9BF58

#C9BF58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.125 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF58
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 56.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -9.67, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 53.16, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0298 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.125 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4811, 50.3852, 16.6129)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF58 #5862C9

analogous

#C98758 #C9BF58 #9BC958

triadic

#C9BF58 #58C9BF #BF58C9

tetradic

#C9BF58 #58C987 #5862C9 #C9589B

square

#C9BF58 #58C987 #5862C9 #C9589B

split-complementary

#C9BF58 #589BC9 #8758C9

monochromatic

#7E7629 #ACA238 #C9BF58 #D8D186 #E7E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BF58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#C9BF58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF58

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF58	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.125 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd28a',
    500: '#c9bf58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf58;
$custom-light: #dcd28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7924,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF58

secondary

#3F4686

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF58

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

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