#C9B366#C9B366

#C9B366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.101 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B366
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 49.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -2.24, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 42.01, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0068 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.101 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6072, 45.6188, 19.1288)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B366 #667CC9

analogous

#C98266 #C9B366 #ADC966

triadic

#C9B366 #66C9B3 #B366C9

tetradic

#C9B366 #66C982 #667CC9 #C966AD

square

#C9B366 #66C982 #667CC9 #C966AD

split-complementary

#C9B366 #66ADC9 #8266C9

monochromatic

#85722F #B3993F #C9B366 #D9C993 #E9E0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C9B366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C9B366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B366

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B366	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.101 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc993',
    500: '#c9b366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b366;
$custom-light: #dbc993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B366

secondary

#B2BBD9

accent

#6ED750

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B366

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

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