#C9C554#C9C554

#C9C554 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.135 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C554
RGB	rgb(201, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 58.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -13.03, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 57.35, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0398 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.135 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6553, 52.9915, 16.2092)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C554 #5458C9

analogous

#C98A54 #C9C554 #92C954

triadic

#C9C554 #54C9C5 #C554C9

tetradic

#C9C554 #54C98A #5458C9 #C95492

square

#C9C554 #54C98A #5458C9 #C95492

split-complementary

#C9C554 #5492C9 #8A54C9

monochromatic

#7C7927 #AAA636 #C9C554 #D8D583 #E6E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C9C554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C554

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C554	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.135 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd688',
    500: '#c9c554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c554;
$custom-light: #dcd688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.949,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80472,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C554

secondary

#3D4084

accent

#51DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C554

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

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