#C9C167#C9C167

#C9C167 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.113 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C167
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 103)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 48.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -9.44, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 46.92, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0275 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.113 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6067, 51.5381, 20.3748)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C167 #676FC9

analogous

#C99067 #C9C167 #A0C967

triadic

#C9C167 #67C9C1 #C167C9

tetradic

#C9C167 #67C990 #676FC9 #C967A0

square

#C9C167 #67C990 #676FC9 #C967A0

split-complementary

#C9C167 #67A0C9 #9067C9

monochromatic

#867F30 #B3AA40 #C9C167 #D9D394 #E9E6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C167 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C9C167 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C167

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C167	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C167	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c167;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.113 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd394',
    500: '#c9c167',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c167;
$custom-light: #dbd394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c167",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 47.573,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79848,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C167

secondary

#474D8D

accent

#5CD751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C167

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

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