#C9B56E#C9B56E

#C9B56E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.094 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B56E
RGB	rgb(201, 181, 110)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 45.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -2.52, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 38.75, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0068 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.094 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4270, 46.5927, 21.4546)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B56E #6E82C9

analogous

#C9876E #C9B56E #AFC96E

triadic

#C9B56E #6EC9B5 #B56EC9

tetradic

#C9B56E #6EC987 #6E82C9 #C96EAF

square

#C9B56E #6EC987 #6E82C9 #C96EAF

split-complementary

#C9B56E #6EAFC9 #876EC9

monochromatic

#897633 #B69D44 #C9B56E #DACC9B #EAE3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C9B56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#C9B56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B56E

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B56E	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 181, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.094 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb99',
    500: '#c9b56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b56e;
$custom-light: #dbcb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.813,
    "s": 45.729,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77442,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B56E

secondary

#B8C0DB

accent

#4BB92D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B56E

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

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