#C9C080#C9C080

#C9C080 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.084 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C080
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 128)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 36.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -6.32, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 34.02, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0163 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.084 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8340, 51.6765, 27.9254)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C080 #8089C9

analogous

#C99C80 #C9C080 #AEC980

triadic

#C9C080 #80C9C0 #C080C9

tetradic

#C9C080 #80C99C #8089C9 #C980AE

square

#C9C080 #80C99C #8089C9 #C980AE

split-complementary

#C9C080 #80AEC9 #9C80C9

monochromatic

#91873E #B7AB55 #C9C080 #DBD5AB #EEEBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C9C080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C9C080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C080

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C080	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBC7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.084 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad2a5',
    500: '#c9c080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c080;
$custom-light: #dad2a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.603,
    "s": 40.331,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80028,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C080

secondary

#555D98

accent

#42B332

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C080

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

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