#C9BC8A#C9BC8A

#C9BC8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.068 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BC8A
RGB	rgb(201, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(48, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -3.00, 27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 27.18, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0062 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.068 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6586, 50.2201, 31.2754)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BC8A #8A97C9

analogous

#C99D8A #C9BC8A #B7C98A

triadic

#C9BC8A #8AC9BC #BC8AC9

tetradic

#C9BC8A #8AC99D #8A97C9 #C98AB7

square

#C9BC8A #8AC99D #8A97C9 #C98AB7

split-complementary

#C9BC8A #8AB7C9 #9D8AC9

monochromatic

#948444 #B6A460 #C9BC8A #DCD4B4 #F0ECDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#C9BC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BC8A

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BC8A	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.068 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad0ac',
    500: '#c9bc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bc8a;
$custom-light: #dad0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79384,
    "c": 0.06798,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BC8A

secondary

#5C699B

accent

#4FB036

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151310

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BC8A

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

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