#C9C652#C9C652

#C9C652 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.137 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C652
RGB	rgb(201, 198, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -13.68, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 58.62, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0418 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.137 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8059, 53.4162, 15.8785)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C652 #5255C9

analogous

#C98A52 #C9C652 #91C952

triadic

#C9C652 #52C9C6 #C652C9

tetradic

#C9C652 #52C98A #5255C9 #C95291

square

#C9C652 #52C98A #5255C9 #C95291

split-complementary

#C9C652 #5291C9 #8A52C9

monochromatic

#7A7826 #A9A635 #C9C652 #D8D581 #E6E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9C652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#C9C652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C652

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C652	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 198, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.137 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd787',
    500: '#c9c652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c652;
$custom-light: #dcd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80666,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C652

secondary

#3D3E83

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C652

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

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