#C9B855#C9B855

#C9B855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.121 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B855
RGB	rgb(201, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -6.28, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 51.90, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0204 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.121 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8692, 47.3561, 15.4751)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B855 #5566C9

analogous

#C97E55 #C9B855 #A0C955

triadic

#C9B855 #55C9B8 #B855C9

tetradic

#C9B855 #55C97E #5566C9 #C955A0

square

#C9B855 #55C97E #5566C9 #C955A0

split-complementary

#C9B855 #55A0C9 #7E55C9

monochromatic

#7C7027 #AB9A36 #C9B855 #D8CB83 #E7DFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#C9B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#C9B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B855

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B855	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.121 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd88',
    500: '#c9b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b855;
$custom-light: #dccd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77731,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B855

secondary

#A5ACD5

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B855

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

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