#C9C169#C9C169

#C9C169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.111 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C169
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 47.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -9.25, 45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 45.95, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0267 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.111 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.7083, 51.5787, 20.9098)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C169 #6971C9

analogous

#C99169 #C9C169 #A1C969

triadic

#C9C169 #69C9C1 #C169C9

tetradic

#C9C169 #69C991 #6971C9 #C969A1

square

#C9C169 #69C991 #6971C9 #C969A1

split-complementary

#C9C169 #69A1C9 #9169C9

monochromatic

#878031 #B4AA41 #C9C169 #D9D496 #E9E6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#C9C169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C169

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C169	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.111 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd396',
    500: '#c9c169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c169;
$custom-light: #dbd396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79876,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.51577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C169

secondary

#484E8E

accent

#5CD751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C169

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

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