#C9BF73#C9BF73

#C9BF73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.098 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF73
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 42.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -7.23, 39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 40.17, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.02 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.098 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8137, 50.9183, 23.6312)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF73 #737DC9

analogous

#C99473 #C9BF73 #A8C973

triadic

#C9BF73 #73C9BF #BF73C9

tetradic

#C9BF73 #73C994 #737DC9 #C973A8

square

#C9BF73 #73C994 #737DC9 #C973A8

split-complementary

#C9BF73 #73A8C9 #9473C9

monochromatic

#8C8236 #B8AB47 #C9BF73 #DAD39F #EBE7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9BF73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C9BF73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF73

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF73	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)

#CCBA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.098 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd29c',
    500: '#c9bf73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf73;
$custom-light: #dbd29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 44.33,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79602,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF73

secondary

#4D5593

accent

#3EB72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF73

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

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