#C9B87F#C9B87F

#C9B87F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.077 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B87F
RGB	rgb(201, 184, 127)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 36.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -2.25, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 31.26, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0047 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.077 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0595, 48.2322, 27.0107)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B87F #7F90C9

analogous

#C9937F #C9B87F #B5C97F

triadic

#C9B87F #7FC9B8 #B87FC9

tetradic

#C9B87F #7FC993 #7F90C9 #C97FB5

square

#C9B87F #7FC993 #7F90C9 #C97FB5

split-complementary

#C9B87F #7FB5C9 #937FC9

monochromatic

#917D3D #B7A054 #C9B87F #DBD0AA #EDE8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C9B87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C9B87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B87F

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B87F	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B57B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 184, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.077 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacda4',
    500: '#c9b87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b87f;
$custom-light: #dacda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 40.659,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7835,
    "c": 0.07734,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B87F

secondary

#C5CBDF

accent

#50B432

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FBF8F4

border

#D4D1CE

text

#15130F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B87F

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

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