#C9B95A#C9B95A

#C9B95A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B95A
RGB	rgb(201, 185, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 55.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -6.42, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 49.95, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0202 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2833, 47.8553, 16.6279)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B95A #5A6AC9

analogous

#C9815A #C9B95A #A2C95A

triadic

#C9B95A #5AC9B9 #B95AC9

tetradic

#C9B95A #5AC981 #5A6AC9 #C95AA2

square

#C9B95A #5AC981 #5A6AC9 #C95AA2

split-complementary

#C9B95A #5AA2C9 #815AC9

monochromatic

#7F732A #AD9C39 #C9B95A #D8CD88 #E7E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C9B95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C9B95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B95A

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B95A	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 185, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd8b',
    500: '#c9b95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b95a;
$custom-light: #dccd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77999,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B95A

secondary

#A9AFD6

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B95A

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

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