#C9C15F#C9C15F

#C9C15F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.121 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C15F
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 52.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -10.14, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 50.72, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0303 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.121 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2242, 51.3851, 18.3603)
Luminance	0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C15F #5F67C9

analogous

#C98C5F #C9C15F #9CC95F

triadic

#C9C15F #5FC9C1 #C15FC9

tetradic

#C9C15F #5FC98C #5F67C9 #C95F9C

square

#C9C15F #5FC98C #5F67C9 #C95F9C

split-complementary

#C9C15F #5F9CC9 #8C5FC9

monochromatic

#827B2C #B0A73B #C9C15F #D8D38D #E8E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C9C15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C15F

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C15F	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.121 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd38f',
    500: '#c9c15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c15f;
$custom-light: #dcd38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79745,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C15F

secondary

#43488A

accent

#59D94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C15F

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

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