#C9BE76#C9BE76

#C9BE76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.093 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE76
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 118)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 41.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -6.40, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 38.25, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0173 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.093 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7718, 50.5538, 24.4828)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE76 #7681C9

analogous

#C99476 #C9BE76 #ABC976

triadic

#C9BE76 #76C9BE #BE76C9

tetradic

#C9BE76 #76C994 #7681C9 #C976AB

square

#C9BE76 #76C994 #7681C9 #C976AB

split-complementary

#C9BE76 #76ABC9 #9476C9

monochromatic

#8D8238 #B8A94A #C9BE76 #DAD3A2 #ECE8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9BE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C9BE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE76

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE76	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.093 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd19e',
    500: '#c9be76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be76;
$custom-light: #dbd19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.048,
    "s": 43.455,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7944,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE76

secondary

#4F5894

accent

#41B72F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE76

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

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