#C9C05E#C9C05E

#C9C05E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.121 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C05E
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -9.71, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 50.79, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0292 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.121 104)
XYZ	xyz(44.9587, 50.9264, 18.0490)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C05E #5E67C9

analogous

#C98A5E #C9C05E #9DC95E

triadic

#C9C05E #5EC9C0 #C05EC9

tetradic

#C9C05E #5EC98A #5E67C9 #C95E9D

square

#C9C05E #5EC98A #5E67C9 #C95E9D

split-complementary

#C9C05E #5E9DC9 #8A5EC9

monochromatic

#817A2B #AFA53B #C9C05E #D8D28C #E8E4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#C9C05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C05E

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C05E	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.121 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd28e',
    500: '#c9c05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c05e;
$custom-light: #dcd28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79522,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.50925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C05E

secondary

#424889

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C05E

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

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