#C9BB62#C9BB62

#C9BB62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.112 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB62
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 51.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -6.79, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 46.91, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0204 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.112 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0637, 48.8416, 18.6592)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB62 #6270C9

analogous

#C98762 #C9BB62 #A3C962

triadic

#C9BB62 #62C9BB #BB62C9

tetradic

#C9BB62 #62C987 #6270C9 #C962A3

square

#C9BB62 #62C987 #6270C9 #C962A3

split-complementary

#C9BB62 #62A3C9 #8762C9

monochromatic

#83782D #B1A13D #C9BB62 #D9CF90 #E8E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C9BB62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C9BB62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB62

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB62	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.112 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf91',
    500: '#c9bb62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb62;
$custom-light: #dbcf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.845,
    "s": 48.815,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78519,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB62

secondary

#AFB5D8

accent

#62D84F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB62

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

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