#C9C767#C9C767

#C9C767 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.119 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C767
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 103)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 48.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -12.50, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 49.48, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0362 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.119 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9601, 54.2448, 20.8259)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C767 #6769C9

analogous

#C99667 #C9C767 #9AC967

triadic

#C9C767 #67C9C7 #C767C9

tetradic

#C9C767 #67C996 #6769C9 #C9679A

square

#C9C767 #67C996 #6769C9 #C9679A

split-complementary

#C9C767 #679AC9 #9667C9

monochromatic

#868430 #B3B140 #C9C767 #D9D894 #E9E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C9C767 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#C9C767 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C767

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C767	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C767	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c767;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.119 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd795',
    500: '#c9c767',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c767;
$custom-light: #dbd795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c767",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 47.573,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81121,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C767

secondary

#47488D

accent

#53D751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C767

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

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