#C9B256#C9B256

#C9B256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B256
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -3.07, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 49.35, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.011 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.115 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6892, 44.9321, 15.2791)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B256 #566DC9

analogous

#C97956 #C9B256 #A7C956

triadic

#C9B256 #56C9B2 #B256C9

tetradic

#C9B256 #56C979 #566DC9 #C956A7

square

#C9B256 #56C979 #566DC9 #C956A7

split-complementary

#C9B256 #56A7C9 #7956C9

monochromatic

#7D6C28 #AB9437 #C9B256 #D8C784 #E7DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C9B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C9B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B256

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B256	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc888',
    500: '#c9b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b256;
$custom-light: #dcc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76492,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B256

secondary

#A6AFD5

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B256

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

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