#C9BF5A#C9BF5A

#C9BF5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF5A
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 55.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -9.52, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 52.25, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0291 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.123 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5651, 50.4188, 17.0552)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF5A #5A64C9

analogous

#C9885A #C9BF5A #9BC95A

triadic

#C9BF5A #5AC9BF #BF5AC9

tetradic

#C9BF5A #5AC988 #5A64C9 #C95A9B

square

#C9BF5A #5AC988 #5A64C9 #C95A9B

split-complementary

#C9BF5A #5A9BC9 #885AC9

monochromatic

#7F772A #ADA339 #C9BF5A #D8D188 #E7E3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9BF5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#C9BF5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF5A

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF5A	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	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)

#CEB950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd28c',
    500: '#c9bf5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf5a;
$custom-light: #dcd28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79263,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF5A

secondary

#404787

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF5A

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

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