#C9BD85#C9BD85

#C9BD85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.075 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BD85
RGB	rgb(201, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 34%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 33.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -4.15, 29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 30.17, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0098 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.075 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5192, 50.5074, 29.4841)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BD85 #8591C9

analogous

#C99B85 #C9BD85 #B3C985

triadic

#C9BD85 #85C9BD #BD85C9

tetradic

#C9BD85 #85C99B #8591C9 #C985B3

square

#C9BD85 #85C99B #8591C9 #C985B3

split-complementary

#C9BD85 #85B3C9 #9B85C9

monochromatic

#938441 #B6A65B #C9BD85 #DCD4AF #EFEBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9BD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C9BD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BD85

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BD85	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BA81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBE87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.075 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad0a9',
    500: '#c9bd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bd85;
$custom-light: #dad0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 38.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79495,
    "c": 0.075,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BD85

secondary

#58649A

accent

#4AB234

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BD85

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

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