#C9C75A#C9C75A

#C9C75A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.132 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C75A
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 55.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -13.59, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 55.50, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0407 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.132 108)
XYZ	xyz(46.3576, 54.0038, 17.6527)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C75A #5A5CC9

analogous

#C9905A #C9C75A #94C95A

triadic

#C9C75A #5AC9C7 #C75AC9

tetradic

#C9C75A #5AC990 #5A5CC9 #C95A94

square

#C9C75A #5AC990 #5A5CC9 #C95A94

split-complementary

#C9C75A #5A94C9 #905AC9

monochromatic

#7F7D2A #ADAB39 #C9C75A #D8D788 #E7E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9C75A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#C9C75A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C75A

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C75A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C75A	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c75a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.132 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd78c',
    500: '#c9c75a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c75a;
$custom-light: #dcd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c75a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80964,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.54003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C75A

secondary

#404287

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C75A

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

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