#C9C653#C9C653

#C9C653 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 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C653
RGB	rgb(201, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -13.61, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 58.19, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0415 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.137 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8442, 53.4315, 16.0803)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C653 #5356C9

analogous

#C98B53 #C9C653 #91C953

triadic

#C9C653 #53C9C6 #C653C9

tetradic

#C9C653 #53C98B #5356C9 #C95391

square

#C9C653 #53C98B #5356C9 #C95391

split-complementary

#C9C653 #5391C9 #8B53C9

monochromatic

#7B7927 #AAA735 #C9C653 #D8D582 #E6E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9C653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C9C653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C653

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C653	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.137 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd788',
    500: '#c9c653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c653;
$custom-light: #dcd788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.475,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80676,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C653

secondary

#3D3F83

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C653

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

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