#C9BB66#C9BB66

#C9BB66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.108 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB66
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 49.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -6.43, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 44.97, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0189 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.108 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2573, 48.9190, 19.6788)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB66 #6674C9

analogous

#C98A66 #C9BB66 #A6C966

triadic

#C9BB66 #66C9BB #BB66C9

tetradic

#C9BB66 #66C98A #6674C9 #C966A6

square

#C9BB66 #66C98A #6674C9 #C966A6

split-complementary

#C9BB66 #66A6C9 #8A66C9

monochromatic

#85792F #B3A23F #C9BB66 #D9CF93 #E9E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C9BB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C9BB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB66

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB66	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B75F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.108 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf93',
    500: '#c9bb66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb66;
$custom-light: #dbcf93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78573,
    "c": 0.10769,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB66

secondary

#B2B8D9

accent

#63D750

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB66

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

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