#C9C166#C9C166

#C9C166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.114 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C166
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 49.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -9.53, 46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 47.40, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0278 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.114 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5568, 51.5181, 20.1120)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C166 #666EC9

analogous

#C99066 #C9C166 #9FC966

triadic

#C9C166 #66C9C1 #C166C9

tetradic

#C9C166 #66C990 #666EC9 #C9669F

square

#C9C166 #66C990 #666EC9 #C9669F

split-complementary

#C9C166 #669FC9 #9066C9

monochromatic

#857F2F #B3A93F #C9C166 #D9D393 #E9E6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C9C166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C166

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C166	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.114 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd394',
    500: '#c9c166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c166;
$custom-light: #dbd394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79835,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C166

secondary

#464C8D

accent

#5BD750

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C166

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

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