#C9BF69#C9BF69

#C9BF69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.109 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF69
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 105)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 47.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -8.22, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 45.12, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0238 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.109 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2692, 50.7004, 20.7634)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF69 #6973C9

analogous

#C98F69 #C9BF69 #A3C969

triadic

#C9BF69 #69C9BF #BF69C9

tetradic

#C9BF69 #69C98F #6973C9 #C969A3

square

#C9BF69 #69C98F #6973C9 #C969A3

split-complementary

#C9BF69 #69A3C9 #8F69C9

monochromatic

#877E31 #B4A841 #C9BF69 #D9D296 #E9E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9BF69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#C9BF69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF69

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF69	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.109 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd296',
    500: '#c9bf69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf69;
$custom-light: #dbd296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79454,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF69

secondary

#484F8E

accent

#5FD751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF69

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

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