#C9BF8A#C9BF8A

#C9BF8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.071 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BF8A
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 138)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -4.58, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 28.43, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0108 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.071 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3061, 51.5152, 31.4913)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BF8A #8A94C9

analogous

#C9A08A #C9BF8A #B4C98A

triadic

#C9BF8A #8AC9BF #BF8AC9

tetradic

#C9BF8A #8AC9A0 #8A94C9 #C98AB4

square

#C9BF8A #8AC9A0 #8A94C9 #C98AB4

split-complementary

#C9BF8A #8AB4C9 #A08AC9

monochromatic

#948844 #B6A860 #C9BF8A #DCD6B4 #F0EDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9BF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C9BF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BF8A

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BF8A	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BC86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bf8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.071 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad2ac',
    500: '#c9bf8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bf8a;
$custom-light: #dad2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bf8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80005,
    "c": 0.07101,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BF8A

secondary

#5C669B

accent

#49B036

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BF8A

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

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