#C9BA72#C9BA72

#C9BA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.094 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BA72
RGB	rgb(201, 186, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -4.73, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 38.64, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0129 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.094 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6846, 48.7517, 22.9725)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BA72 #7281C9

analogous

#C98F72 #C9BA72 #ADC972

triadic

#C9BA72 #72C9BA #BA72C9

tetradic

#C9BA72 #72C98F #7281C9 #C972AD

square

#C9BA72 #72C98F #7281C9 #C972AD

split-complementary

#C9BA72 #72ADC9 #8F72C9

monochromatic

#8B7C35 #B8A446 #C9BA72 #DAD09E #EBE5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C9BA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C9BA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BA72

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BA72	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ba72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 186, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.094 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce9b',
    500: '#c9ba72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ba72;
$custom-light: #dbce9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ba72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78542,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BA72

secondary

#BBC1DC

accent

#46B82E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BA72

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

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