#C9B261#C9B261

#C9B261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.105 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9B261
RGBrgb(201, 178, 97)
HSLhsl(47, 49%, 58%)
HSVhsv(47, 52%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.4%, 51.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.97, -2.16, 44.05)
CIE-LCHlch(72.97, 44.11, 92.81°)
OKLaboklab(76.63% -0.0071 0.1046)
OKLCHoklch(76.63% 0.105 93.9)
XYZxyz(42.1669, 45.1232, 17.7955)
Luminance0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9B261 #6178C9
analogous
#C97E61 #C9B261 #ACC961
triadic
#C9B261 #61C9B2 #B261C9
tetradic
#C9B261 #61C97E #6178C9 #C961AC
square
#C9B261 #61C97E #6178C9 #C961AC
split-complementary
#C9B261 #61ACC9 #7E61C9
monochromatic
#83702D #B0973C #C9B261 #D9C88F #E8DEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#C9B261 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02
#C9B261 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B261
10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9B261#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9B2611.002.0910.0210.02
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0221.001.001.00
##00000010.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1AF5A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B664
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7A79F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.105 93.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc890',
    500: '#c9b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9b261;
$custom-light: #dcc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.731,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76632,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9B261
secondary
#AEB7D8
accent
#6ED94F
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF8F0
border
#D4D1CB
text
#15130D
muted
#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B261

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#C9B261 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva