#C9BF59#C9BF59

#C9BF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.124 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF59
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -9.60, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 52.71, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0294 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.124 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5228, 50.4019, 16.8325)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF59 #5963C9

analogous

#C98759 #C9BF59 #9BC959

triadic

#C9BF59 #59C9BF #BF59C9

tetradic

#C9BF59 #59C987 #5963C9 #C9599B

square

#C9BF59 #59C987 #5963C9 #C9599B

split-complementary

#C9BF59 #599BC9 #8759C9

monochromatic

#7E7729 #ADA238 #C9BF59 #D8D187 #E7E3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#C9BF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF59

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF59	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)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.124 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd28b',
    500: '#c9bf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf59;
$custom-light: #dcd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79251,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF59

secondary

#404686

accent

#5ADA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF59

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

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