#C9C756#C9C756

#C9C756 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.135 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C756
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -13.90, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 57.29, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.042 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.135 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1919, 53.9375, 16.7800)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C756 #5658C9

analogous

#C98E56 #C9C756 #92C956

triadic

#C9C756 #56C9C7 #C756C9

tetradic

#C9C756 #56C98E #5658C9 #C95692

square

#C9C756 #56C98E #5658C9 #C95692

split-complementary

#C9C756 #5692C9 #8E56C9

monochromatic

#7D7B28 #ABA937 #C9C756 #D8D684 #E7E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C9C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C756

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C756	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.135 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd78a',
    500: '#c9c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c756;
$custom-light: #dcd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80921,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C756

secondary

#3E4085

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C756

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

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