#C9B356#C9B356

#C9B356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.116 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B356
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -3.59, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 49.69, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0125 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.116 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8888, 45.3315, 15.3457)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B356 #566CC9

analogous

#C97A56 #C9B356 #A6C956

triadic

#C9B356 #56C9B3 #B356C9

tetradic

#C9B356 #56C97A #566CC9 #C956A6

square

#C9B356 #56C97A #566CC9 #C956A6

split-complementary

#C9B356 #56A6C9 #7A56C9

monochromatic

#7D6D28 #AB9537 #C9B356 #D8C884 #E7DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C9B356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C9B356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B356

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B356	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.116 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc988',
    500: '#c9b356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b356;
$custom-light: #dcc988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76699,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B356

secondary

#A6AFD5

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B356

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

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