#C9C76F#C9C76F

#C9C76F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.111 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C76F
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 111)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 44.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -11.75, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 45.63, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0333 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.111 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3810, 54.4132, 23.0427)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C76F #6F71C9

analogous

#C99A6F #C9C76F #9EC96F

triadic

#C9C76F #6FC9C7 #C76FC9

tetradic

#C9C76F #6FC99A #6F71C9 #C96F9E

square

#C9C76F #6FC99A #6F71C9 #C96F9E

split-complementary

#C9C76F #6F9EC9 #9A6FC9

monochromatic

#8A8834 #B6B444 #C9C76F #DAD89C #EAEAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C9C76F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#C9C76F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C76F

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C76F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C76F	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c76f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.111 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd79a',
    500: '#c9c76f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c76f;
$custom-light: #dbd79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c76f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8123,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C76F

secondary

#4B4D91

accent

#30B92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C76F

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

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