#C9C070#C9C070

#C9C070 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.102 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C070
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 112)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 44.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -8.06, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 42.09, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0226 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.102 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8627, 51.2880, 22.8098)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C070 #7079C9

analogous

#C99470 #C9C070 #A6C970

triadic

#C9C070 #70C9C0 #C070C9

tetradic

#C9C070 #70C994 #7079C9 #C970A6

square

#C9C070 #70C994 #7079C9 #C970A6

split-complementary

#C9C070 #70A6C9 #9470C9

monochromatic

#8A8234 #B7AB45 #C9C070 #DAD49C #EBE7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C9C070 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#C9C070 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C070

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C070	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C070	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c070;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.102 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd29a',
    500: '#c9c070',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c070;
$custom-light: #dbd29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c070",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.933,
    "s": 45.178,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79766,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C070

secondary

#4C5392

accent

#3BB82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C070

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

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