#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
RGB	rgb(201, 181, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 56.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -4.49, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 49.44, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0149 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.116 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3743, 46.1716, 15.9106)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##C9B558	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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