#C9BF71#C9BF71

#C9BF71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.100 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF71
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 113)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 43.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -7.44, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 41.17, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0208 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.1 102)
XYZ	xyz(45.6998, 50.8727, 23.0317)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF71 #717BC9

analogous

#C99371 #C9BF71 #A7C971

triadic

#C9BF71 #71C9BF #BF71C9

tetradic

#C9BF71 #71C993 #717BC9 #C971A7

square

#C9BF71 #71C993 #717BC9 #C971A7

split-complementary

#C9BF71 #71A7C9 #9371C9

monochromatic

#8B8135 #B7AA46 #C9BF71 #DAD39D #EBE7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9BF71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C9BF71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF71

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF71	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)

#CCBA6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.100 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd29b',
    500: '#c9bf71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf71;
$custom-light: #dbd29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 44.898,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79571,
    "c": 0.10003,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.50871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF71

secondary

#4C5492

accent

#3DB82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF71

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

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