#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
RGBrgb(201, 192, 94)
HSLhsl(55, 50%, 58%)
HSVhsv(55, 53%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.5%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.63, -9.71, 49.85)
CIE-LCHlch(76.63, 50.79, 101.02°)
OKLaboklab(79.52% -0.0292 0.1169)
OKLCHoklch(79.52% 0.121 104)
XYZxyz(44.9587, 50.9264, 18.0490)
Luminance0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9C05E1.001.8811.1911.19
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1921.001.001.00
##00000011.1921.001.001.00

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

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#C9C05E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva