#C9C170#C9C170

#C9C170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.103 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C170
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 44.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -8.57, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 42.51, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0241 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.103 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0830, 51.7286, 22.8832)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C170 #7078C9

analogous

#C99570 #C9C170 #A5C970

triadic

#C9C170 #70C9C1 #C170C9

tetradic

#C9C170 #70C995 #7078C9 #C970A5

square

#C9C170 #70C995 #7078C9 #C970A5

split-complementary

#C9C170 #70A5C9 #9570C9

monochromatic

#8A8334 #B7AD45 #C9C170 #DAD49C #EBE8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C9C170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C9C170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C170

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C170	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.103 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd39a',
    500: '#c9c170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c170;
$custom-light: #dbd39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.607,
    "s": 45.178,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79976,
    "c": 0.10322,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C170

secondary

#4C5292

accent

#3AB82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C170

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

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