#C9BF70#C9BF70

#C9BF70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.101 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF70
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 44.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -7.54, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 41.67, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0211 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.101 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6439, 50.8503, 22.7368)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF70 #707AC9

analogous

#C99370 #C9BF70 #A7C970

triadic

#C9BF70 #70C9BF #BF70C9

tetradic

#C9BF70 #70C993 #707AC9 #C970A7

square

#C9BF70 #70C993 #707AC9 #C970A7

split-complementary

#C9BF70 #70A7C9 #9370C9

monochromatic

#8A8134 #B7AA45 #C9BF70 #DAD39C #EBE7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9BF70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C9BF70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF70

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF70	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.101 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd29a',
    500: '#c9bf70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf70;
$custom-light: #dbd29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 45.178,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79556,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF70

secondary

#4C5392

accent

#3DB82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF70

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

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