#C9C050#C9C050

#C9C050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.133 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C050
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -10.77, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 57.12, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0338 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.133 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3865, 50.6975, 15.0354)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C050 #5059C9

analogous

#C98350 #C9C050 #96C950

triadic

#C9C050 #50C9C0 #C050C9

tetradic

#C9C050 #50C983 #5059C9 #C95096

square

#C9C050 #50C983 #5059C9 #C95096

split-complementary

#C9C050 #5096C9 #8350C9

monochromatic

#797325 #A89F34 #C9C050 #D7D17F #E6E2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#C9C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C050

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C050	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.133 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd285',
    500: '#c9c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c050;
$custom-light: #dcd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79366,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C050

secondary

#3C4182

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C050

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

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