#C9BF72#C9BF72

#C9BF72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.099 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF72
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -7.34, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 40.67, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0204 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.099 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7565, 50.8954, 23.3298)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF72 #727CC9

analogous

#C99472 #C9BF72 #A8C972

triadic

#C9BF72 #72C9BF #BF72C9

tetradic

#C9BF72 #72C994 #727CC9 #C972A8

square

#C9BF72 #72C994 #727CC9 #C972A8

split-complementary

#C9BF72 #72A8C9 #9472C9

monochromatic

#8B8135 #B8AB46 #C9BF72 #DAD39E #EBE7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9BF72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C9BF72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF72

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF72	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.099 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd29c',
    500: '#c9bf72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf72;
$custom-light: #dbd29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79587,
    "c": 0.09893,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF72

secondary

#4D5592

accent

#3EB82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF72

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

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