#c9b35e

Color #c9b35e

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 8.75 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c9b35e

RGB

rgb(201, 179, 94)

HSL

hsl(47.7, 49.8%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.7, 53.2%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 53.2%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(73.2, -2.95, 45.8)

LCH

lch(73.2, 45.89, 93.69)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.1085, 95.13)

HWB

hwb(47.7, 36.9%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e74c9

Analogous

#c97d5e

#c9b35e

#a9c95e

Triadic

#c9b35e

#5ec9b3

#b35ec9

Split-complementary

#c9b35e

#5ea9c9

#7d5ec9

Tetradic

#c9b35e

#74c95e

#5e74c9

#b35ec9

Square

#c9b35e

#5ec97d

#5e74c9

#c95ea9

Shades

Color #c9b35e mixed toward black.

#b89f3e

#937f31

#6e5f25

#4a4019

#25200c

Tints

Color #c9b35e mixed toward white.

#d2c079

#dbcc94

#e4d9ae

#ede6c9

#f6f2e4

Tones

Color #c9b35e mixed toward gray.

#c0ae67

#b7a870

#aea379

#a59e82

#9c998a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c07a · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#c1c37f · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#c88b8f · ΔE 33.6

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9b35e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9b35e]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#c9b35e (#c9b35e) is rgb(201, 179, 94) in RGB.

No, #c9b35e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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