#C9C168#C9C168

#C9C168 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.112 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C168
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 104)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 48.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -9.35, 45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 46.43, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0271 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.112 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6572, 51.5583, 20.6407)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C168 #6870C9

analogous

#C99168 #C9C168 #A0C968

triadic

#C9C168 #68C9C1 #C168C9

tetradic

#C9C168 #68C991 #6870C9 #C968A0

square

#C9C168 #68C991 #6870C9 #C968A0

split-complementary

#C9C168 #68A0C9 #9168C9

monochromatic

#877F30 #B4AA40 #C9C168 #D9D495 #E9E6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C9C168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C168

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C168	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)

#CFBC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.112 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd395',
    500: '#c9c168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c168;
$custom-light: #dbd395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.052,
    "s": 47.317,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79862,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C168

secondary

#474D8E

accent

#5CD751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C168

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

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