#C9BB74#C9BB74

#C9BB74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.093 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB74
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 42.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -5.05, 37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 38.03, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0136 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.093 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0111, 49.2206, 23.6491)
Luminance	0.4922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB74 #7482C9

analogous

#C99174 #C9BB74 #ACC974

triadic

#C9BB74 #74C9BB #BB74C9

tetradic

#C9BB74 #74C991 #7482C9 #C974AC

square

#C9BB74 #74C991 #7482C9 #C974AC

split-complementary

#C9BB74 #74ACC9 #9174C9

monochromatic

#8C7E36 #B8A548 #C9BB74 #DAD1A0 #EBE6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C9BB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#C9BB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB74

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB74	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.093 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf9d',
    500: '#c9bb74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb74;
$custom-light: #dbcf9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.118,
    "s": 44.041,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78782,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB74

secondary

#BDC2DC

accent

#45B72E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB74

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

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