#C9BB56#C9BB56

#C9BB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB56
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -7.76, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 52.55, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0245 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5390, 48.6317, 15.8957)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB56 #5664C9

analogous

#C98256 #C9BB56 #9EC956

triadic

#C9BB56 #56C9BB #BB56C9

tetradic

#C9BB56 #56C982 #5664C9 #C9569E

square

#C9BB56 #56C982 #5664C9 #C9569E

split-complementary

#C9BB56 #569EC9 #8256C9

monochromatic

#7D7228 #AB9D37 #C9BB56 #D8CE84 #E7E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C9BB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB56

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB56	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf89',
    500: '#c9bb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb56;
$custom-light: #dccf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78373,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB56

secondary

#A6ABD5

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB56

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

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