#C9C752#C9C752

#C9C752 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.138 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C752
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -14.18, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 59.03, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0433 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.138 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0352, 53.8749, 15.9549)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C752 #5254C9

analogous

#C98C52 #C9C752 #8FC952

triadic

#C9C752 #52C9C7 #C752C9

tetradic

#C9C752 #52C98C #5254C9 #C9528F

square

#C9C752 #52C98C #5254C9 #C9528F

split-complementary

#C9C752 #528FC9 #8C52C9

monochromatic

#7A7926 #A9A735 #C9C752 #D8D681 #E6E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9C752 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#C9C752 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C752

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C752	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C752	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c752;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.138 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd787',
    500: '#c9c752',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c752;
$custom-light: #dcd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c752",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8088,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C752

secondary

#3D3E83

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C752

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

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