#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
RGBrgb(201, 193, 105)
HSLhsl(55, 47%, 60%)
HSVhsv(55, 48%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4%, 47.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.03, -9.25, 45.01)
CIE-LCHlch(77.03, 45.95, 101.62°)
OKLaboklab(79.88% -0.0267 0.1073)
OKLCHoklch(79.88% 0.111 104)
XYZxyz(45.7083, 51.5787, 20.9098)
Luminance0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9C1691.001.8611.3211.32
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3221.001.001.00
##00000011.3221.001.001.00

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

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#C9C169 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva