#C9B85D#C9B85D

#C9B85D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.114 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B85D
RGB	rgb(201, 184, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 53.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -5.65, 47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 48.16, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0177 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.114 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2051, 47.4905, 17.2446)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B85D #5D6EC9

analogous

#C9825D #C9B85D #A4C95D

triadic

#C9B85D #5DC9B8 #B85DC9

tetradic

#C9B85D #5DC982 #5D6EC9 #C95DA4

square

#C9B85D #5DC982 #5D6EC9 #C95DA4

split-complementary

#C9B85D #5DA4C9 #825DC9

monochromatic

#81732B #AF9C3A #C9B85D #D8CC8B #E8E0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C9B85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#C9B85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B85D

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B85D	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 184, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.114 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd8d',
    500: '#c9b85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b85d;
$custom-light: #dccd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77827,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B85D

secondary

#ABB2D7

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B85D

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

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