#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
RGB	rgb(201, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 51.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -2.16, 44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 44.11, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0071 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.105 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1669, 45.1232, 17.7955)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9B261	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

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.

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