#C9BF77#C9BF77

#C9BF77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.093 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF77
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 40.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -6.81, 37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 38.16, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0184 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.093 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0489, 51.0123, 24.8698)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF77 #7781C9

analogous

#C99677 #C9BF77 #AAC977

triadic

#C9BF77 #77C9BF #BF77C9

tetradic

#C9BF77 #77C996 #7781C9 #C977AA

square

#C9BF77 #77C996 #7781C9 #C977AA

split-complementary

#C9BF77 #77AAC9 #9677C9

monochromatic

#8D8338 #B8AA4B #C9BF77 #DAD4A3 #ECE8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C9BF77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#C9BF77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF77

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF77	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.093 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd29f',
    500: '#c9bf77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf77;
$custom-light: #dbd29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79666,
    "c": 0.09337,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF77

secondary

#505895

accent

#40B62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF77

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

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