#C9BC72#C9BC72

#C9BC72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.096 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC72
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -5.78, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 39.43, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0159 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.096 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1089, 49.6003, 23.1140)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC72 #727FC9

analogous

#C99172 #C9BC72 #ABC972

triadic

#C9BC72 #72C9BC #BC72C9

tetradic

#C9BC72 #72C991 #727FC9 #C972AB

square

#C9BC72 #72C991 #727FC9 #C972AB

split-complementary

#C9BC72 #72ABC9 #9172C9

monochromatic

#8B7E35 #B8A746 #C9BC72 #DAD19E #EBE6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C9BC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC72

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC72	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.096 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd09c',
    500: '#c9bc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc72;
$custom-light: #dbd09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.034,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78959,
    "c": 0.09589,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC72

secondary

#BBC0DC

accent

#42B82E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC72

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

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