#C9BB8A#C9BB8A

#C9BB8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.067 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB8A
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -2.48, 26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 26.78, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0047 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.067 94)
XYZ	xyz(46.4457, 49.7944, 31.2045)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB8A #8A98C9

analogous

#C99C8A #C9BB8A #B8C98A

triadic

#C9BB8A #8AC9BB #BB8AC9

tetradic

#C9BB8A #8AC99C #8A98C9 #C98AB8

square

#C9BB8A #8AC99C #8A98C9 #C98AB8

split-complementary

#C9BB8A #8AB8C9 #9C8AC9

monochromatic

#948244 #B6A360 #C9BB8A #DCD3B4 #F0ECDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C9BB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB8A

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB8A	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BD8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.067 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacfac',
    500: '#c9bb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb8a;
$custom-light: #dacfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79178,
    "c": 0.06703,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.49793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB8A

secondary

#CDD2E2

accent

#51B036

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FBF9F4

border

#D4D2CE

text

#151310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB8A

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

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