#C9BF5E#C9BF5E

#C9BF5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.120 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF5E
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -9.19, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 50.38, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0277 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.12 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7399, 50.4888, 17.9761)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF5E #5E68C9

analogous

#C98A5E #C9BF5E #9DC95E

triadic

#C9BF5E #5EC9BF #BF5EC9

tetradic

#C9BF5E #5EC98A #5E68C9 #C95E9D

square

#C9BF5E #5EC98A #5E68C9 #C95E9D

split-complementary

#C9BF5E #5E9DC9 #8A5EC9

monochromatic

#81792B #AFA43B #C9BF5E #D8D18C #E8E3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9BF5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C9BF5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF5E

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF5E	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)

#CEB955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.120 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd28e',
    500: '#c9bf5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf5e;
$custom-light: #dcd28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7931,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF5E

secondary

#424989

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF5E

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

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