#C9BF63#C9BF63

#C9BF63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.115 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF63
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 99)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 50.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -8.77, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 48.01, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.026 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.115 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9716, 50.5814, 19.1962)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF63 #636DC9

analogous

#C98C63 #C9BF63 #A0C963

triadic

#C9BF63 #63C9BF #BF63C9

tetradic

#C9BF63 #63C98C #636DC9 #C963A0

square

#C9BF63 #63C98C #636DC9 #C963A0

split-complementary

#C9BF63 #63A0C9 #8C63C9

monochromatic

#847B2E #B1A63D #C9BF63 #D9D290 #E8E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9BF63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C9BF63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF63

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF63	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.115 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd292',
    500: '#c9bf63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf63;
$custom-light: #dbd292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79373,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF63

secondary

#454C8B

accent

#5DD850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF63

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

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