#C9BF61#C9BF61

#C9BF61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.117 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF61
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 51.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -8.94, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 48.97, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0267 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.117 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8772, 50.5436, 18.6989)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF61 #616BC9

analogous

#C98B61 #C9BF61 #9FC961

triadic

#C9BF61 #61C9BF #BF61C9

tetradic

#C9BF61 #61C98B #616BC9 #C9619F

square

#C9BF61 #61C98B #616BC9 #C9619F

split-complementary

#C9BF61 #619FC9 #8B61C9

monochromatic

#837B2D #B0A53C #C9BF61 #D9D18F #E8E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9BF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C9BF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF61

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF61	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)

#CDBA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.117 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd290',
    500: '#c9bf61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf61;
$custom-light: #dbd290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79348,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF61

secondary

#444B8B

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF61

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

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