#C9C161#C9C161

#C9C161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.119 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C161
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 51.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -9.97, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 49.78, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0296 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.119 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3163, 51.4219, 18.8453)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C161 #6169C9

analogous

#C98D61 #C9C161 #9DC961

triadic

#C9C161 #61C9C1 #C161C9

tetradic

#C9C161 #61C98D #6169C9 #C9619D

square

#C9C161 #61C98D #6169C9 #C9619D

split-complementary

#C9C161 #619DC9 #8D61C9

monochromatic

#837C2D #B0A83C #C9C161 #D9D38F #E8E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C9C161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C161

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C161	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)

#CFBB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.119 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd390',
    500: '#c9c161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c161;
$custom-light: #dbd390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7977,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C161

secondary

#44498B

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C161

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

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