#C9C758#C9C758

#C9C758 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.133 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C758
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 88)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 56.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -13.75, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 56.40, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0414 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.133 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2736, 53.9702, 17.2104)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C758 #585AC9

analogous

#C98F58 #C9C758 #93C958

triadic

#C9C758 #58C9C7 #C758C9

tetradic

#C9C758 #58C98F #585AC9 #C95893

square

#C9C758 #58C98F #585AC9 #C95893

split-complementary

#C9C758 #5893C9 #8F58C9

monochromatic

#7E7C29 #ACAA38 #C9C758 #D8D786 #E7E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9C758 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C9C758 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C758

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C758	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C758	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)

#D6C04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c758;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.133 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd78b',
    500: '#c9c758',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c758;
$custom-light: #dcd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c758",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80942,
    "c": 0.13331,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C758

secondary

#3F4186

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C758

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

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