#C9C76A#C9C76A

#C9C76A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.116 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C76A
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 106)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 47.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -12.23, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 48.05, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0352 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.116 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1134, 54.3061, 21.6332)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C76A #6A6CC9

analogous

#C9986A #C9C76A #9BC96A

triadic

#C9C76A #6AC9C7 #C76AC9

tetradic

#C9C76A #6AC998 #6A6CC9 #C96A9B

square

#C9C76A #6AC998 #6A6CC9 #C96A9B

split-complementary

#C9C76A #6A9BC9 #986AC9

monochromatic

#878631 #B4B241 #C9C76A #D9D897 #EAE9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C9C76A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#C9C76A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C76A

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C76A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C76A	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c76a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.116 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd797',
    500: '#c9c76a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c76a;
$custom-light: #dbd797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c76a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 46.798,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81161,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C76A

secondary

#484A8F

accent

#2EBA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C76A

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

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