#C9C453#C9C453

#C9C453 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.135 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C453
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -12.60, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 57.38, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0386 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.135 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3901, 52.5233, 15.9290)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C453 #5358C9

analogous

#C98953 #C9C453 #93C953

triadic

#C9C453 #53C9C4 #C453C9

tetradic

#C9C453 #53C989 #5358C9 #C95393

square

#C9C453 #53C989 #5358C9 #C95393

split-complementary

#C9C453 #5393C9 #8953C9

monochromatic

#7B7727 #AAA535 #C9C453 #D8D482 #E6E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C9C453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#C9C453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C453

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C453	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.135 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd588',
    500: '#c9c453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c453;
$custom-light: #dcd588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80248,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C453

secondary

#3D4083

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C453

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

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