#C9B558#C9B558

#C9B558 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9B558
RGBrgb(201, 181, 88)
HSLhsl(49, 51%, 57%)
HSVhsv(49, 56%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 56.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.66, -4.49, 49.24)
CIE-LCHlch(73.66, 49.44, 95.21°)
OKLaboklab(77.14% -0.0149 0.115)
OKLCHoklch(77.14% 0.116 97.4)
XYZxyz(42.3743, 46.1716, 15.9106)
Luminance0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9B558 #586CC9
analogous
#C97D58 #C9B558 #A4C958
triadic
#C9B558 #58C9B5 #B558C9
tetradic
#C9B558 #58C97D #586CC9 #C958A4
square
#C9B558 #58C97D #586CC9 #C958A4
split-complementary
#C9B558 #58A4C9 #7D58C9
monochromatic
#7E6F29 #AC9838 #C9B558 #D8C986 #E7DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05
#C9B558 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23
#C9B558 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B558
10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9B558#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9B5581.002.0510.2310.23
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2321.001.001.00
##00000010.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5B14F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7A9A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9b558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 181, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 97.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca8a',
    500: '#c9b558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9b558;
$custom-light: #dcca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9b558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77139,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9B558
secondary
#A7AFD6
accent
#66DB4D
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF8F0
border
#D4D1CB
text
#15130C
muted
#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B558

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#C9B558 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva