#C9C162#C9C162

#C9C162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.118 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C162
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 51.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -9.88, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 49.31, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0293 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.118 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3632, 51.4407, 19.0924)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C162 #626AC9

analogous

#C98D62 #C9C162 #9DC962

triadic

#C9C162 #62C9C1 #C162C9

tetradic

#C9C162 #62C98D #626AC9 #C9629D

square

#C9C162 #62C98D #626AC9 #C9629D

split-complementary

#C9C162 #629DC9 #8D62C9

monochromatic

#837D2D #B1A83D #C9C162 #D9D390 #E8E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#C9C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C162

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C162	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.118 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd391',
    500: '#c9c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c162;
$custom-light: #dbd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.34,
    "s": 48.815,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79783,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C162

secondary

#444A8B

accent

#5AD84F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C162

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

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