#C9B159#C9B159

#C9B159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.112 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B159
RGB	rgb(201, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -2.30, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 47.61, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0085 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.112 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6143, 44.5850, 15.8630)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B159 #5971C9

analogous

#C97959 #C9B159 #A9C959

triadic

#C9B159 #59C9B1 #B159C9

tetradic

#C9B159 #59C979 #5971C9 #C959A9

square

#C9B159 #59C979 #5971C9 #C959A9

split-complementary

#C9B159 #59A9C9 #7959C9

monochromatic

#7E6C29 #AD9438 #C9B159 #D8C787 #E7DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C9B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C9B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B159

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B159	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.112 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc88a',
    500: '#c9b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b159;
$custom-light: #dcc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76321,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B159

secondary

#A8B2D6

accent

#6CDA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B159

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

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