#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
RGBrgb(201, 191, 94)
HSLhsl(54, 50%, 58%)
HSVhsv(54, 53%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.37, -9.19, 49.54)
CIE-LCHlch(76.37, 50.38, 100.51°)
OKLaboklab(79.31% -0.0277 0.1163)
OKLCHoklch(79.31% 0.12 103.4)
XYZxyz(44.7399, 50.4888, 17.9761)
Luminance0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##C9BF5E1.001.8911.1011.10
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1021.001.001.00
##00000011.1021.001.001.00

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

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#C9BF5E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva