#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
RGBrgb(201, 187, 116)
HSLhsl(50, 44%, 62%)
HSVhsv(50, 42%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7%, 42.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.59, -5.05, 37.69)
CIE-LCHlch(75.59, 38.03, 97.63°)
OKLaboklab(78.78% -0.0136 0.0917)
OKLCHoklch(78.78% 0.093 98.4)
XYZxyz(45.0111, 49.2206, 23.6491)
Luminance0.4922 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##C9BB741.001.9410.8410.84
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8421.001.001.00
##00000010.8421.001.001.00

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

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#C9BB74 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva