#C9C753#C9C753

#C9C753 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 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C753
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -14.11, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 58.60, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.043 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.138 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0735, 53.8902, 16.1568)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C753 #5355C9

analogous

#C98C53 #C9C753 #90C953

triadic

#C9C753 #53C9C7 #C753C9

tetradic

#C9C753 #53C98C #5355C9 #C95390

square

#C9C753 #53C98C #5355C9 #C95390

split-complementary

#C9C753 #5390C9 #8C53C9

monochromatic

#7B7A27 #AAA835 #C9C753 #D8D682 #E6E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9C753 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#C9C753 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C753

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C753	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C753	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c753;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.138 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd788',
    500: '#c9c753',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c753;
$custom-light: #dcd788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c753",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8089,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C753

secondary

#3D3E83

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C753

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

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