#C9C472#C9C472

#C9C472 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.104 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C472
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -9.91, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 42.83, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0278 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.104 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8655, 53.1135, 23.6995)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C472 #7277C9

analogous

#C99972 #C9C472 #A3C972

triadic

#C9C472 #72C9C4 #C472C9

tetradic

#C9C472 #72C999 #7277C9 #C972A3

square

#C9C472 #72C999 #7277C9 #C972A3

split-complementary

#C9C472 #72A3C9 #9972C9

monochromatic

#8B8635 #B8B146 #C9C472 #DAD79E #EBE9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C9C472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C472

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C472	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.104 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd59c',
    500: '#c9c472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c472;
$custom-light: #dbd59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.552,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80639,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C472

secondary

#4D5192

accent

#36B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C472

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

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