#C9C05A#C9C05A

#C9C05A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.124 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C05A
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 55.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -10.03, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 52.64, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0306 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.124 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7839, 50.8564, 17.1281)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C05A #5A63C9

analogous

#C9895A #C9C05A #9BC95A

triadic

#C9C05A #5AC9C0 #C05AC9

tetradic

#C9C05A #5AC989 #5A63C9 #C95A9B

square

#C9C05A #5AC989 #5A63C9 #C95A9B

split-complementary

#C9C05A #5A9BC9 #895AC9

monochromatic

#7F782A #ADA439 #C9C05A #D8D288 #E7E3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C9C05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C05A

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C05A	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.124 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd28c',
    500: '#c9c05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c05a;
$custom-light: #dcd28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79474,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C05A

secondary

#404687

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C05A

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

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