#C9C765#C9C765

#C9C765 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.121 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C765
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 49.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -12.68, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 50.43, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.037 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.121 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8609, 54.2051, 20.3035)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C765 #6567C9

analogous

#C99565 #C9C765 #99C965

triadic

#C9C765 #65C9C7 #C765C9

tetradic

#C9C765 #65C995 #6567C9 #C96599

square

#C9C765 #65C995 #6567C9 #C96599

split-complementary

#C9C765 #6599C9 #9565C9

monochromatic

#85832F #B2B03F #C9C765 #D9D792 #E9E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C9C765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C9C765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C765

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C765	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.121 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd793',
    500: '#c9c765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c765;
$custom-light: #dbd793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81095,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C765

secondary

#46478C

accent

#53D850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C765

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

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