#C9C372#C9C372

#C9C372 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.103 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C372
RGB	rgb(201, 195, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -9.40, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 42.39, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0263 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.103 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6407, 52.6639, 23.6246)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C372 #7278C9

analogous

#C99872 #C9C372 #A4C972

triadic

#C9C372 #72C9C3 #C372C9

tetradic

#C9C372 #72C998 #7278C9 #C972A4

square

#C9C372 #72C998 #7278C9 #C972A4

split-complementary

#C9C372 #72A4C9 #9872C9

monochromatic

#8B8535 #B8B046 #C9C372 #DAD69E #EBE9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C9C372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C9C372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C372

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C372	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BE6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 195, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.103 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd59c',
    500: '#c9c372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c372;
$custom-light: #dbd59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80428,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C372

secondary

#4D5292

accent

#37B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C372

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

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