#C9BE8A#C9BE8A

#C9BE8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.070 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE8A
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -4.05, 27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 28.01, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0093 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.07 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0888, 51.0806, 31.4188)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE8A #8A95C9

analogous

#C99F8A #C9BE8A #B5C98A

triadic

#C9BE8A #8AC9BE #BE8AC9

tetradic

#C9BE8A #8AC99F #8A95C9 #C98AB5

square

#C9BE8A #8AC99F #8A95C9 #C98AB5

split-complementary

#C9BE8A #8AB5C9 #9F8AC9

monochromatic

#948644 #B6A760 #C9BE8A #DCD5B4 #F0EDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C9BE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#C9BE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE8A

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE8A	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBF8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.070 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad1ac',
    500: '#c9be8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be8a;
$custom-light: #dad1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79798,
    "c": 0.06998,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE8A

secondary

#5C679B

accent

#4BB036

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE8A

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

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