#C9BB63#C9BB63

#C9BB63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.111 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB63
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 50.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -6.70, 45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 46.43, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.02 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.111 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1112, 48.8606, 18.9094)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB63 #6371C9

analogous

#C98863 #C9BB63 #A4C963

triadic

#C9BB63 #63C9BB #BB63C9

tetradic

#C9BB63 #63C988 #6371C9 #C963A4

square

#C9BB63 #63C988 #6371C9 #C963A4

split-complementary

#C9BB63 #63A4C9 #8863C9

monochromatic

#84782E #B1A13D #C9BB63 #D9CF90 #E8E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C9BB63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C9BB63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB63

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB63	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)

#C9B65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.111 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf91',
    500: '#c9bb63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb63;
$custom-light: #dbcf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78532,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB63

secondary

#B0B5D8

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB63

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

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