#C9C460#C9C460

#C9C460 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.123 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C460
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 52.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -11.59, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 51.49, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0344 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.123 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9399, 52.7432, 18.8246)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C460 #6065C9

analogous

#C98F60 #C9C460 #99C960

triadic

#C9C460 #60C9C4 #C460C9

tetradic

#C9C460 #60C98F #6065C9 #C96099

square

#C9C460 #60C98F #6065C9 #C96099

split-complementary

#C9C460 #6099C9 #8F60C9

monochromatic

#827E2C #B0AA3C #C9C460 #D9D58E #E8E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C9C460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#C9C460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C460

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C460	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.123 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd590',
    500: '#c9c460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c460;
$custom-light: #dbd590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80394,
    "c": 0.12276,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C460

secondary

#43478A

accent

#56D94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C460

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

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