#C9C856#C9C856

#C9C856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.136 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C856
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -14.40, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 57.70, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0434 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.136 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4227, 54.3992, 16.8570)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C856 #5657C9

analogous

#C98F56 #C9C856 #91C956

triadic

#C9C856 #56C9C8 #C856C9

tetradic

#C9C856 #56C98F #5657C9 #C95691

square

#C9C856 #56C98F #5657C9 #C95691

split-complementary

#C9C856 #5691C9 #8F56C9

monochromatic

#7D7C28 #ABAA37 #C9C856 #D8D784 #E7E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C9C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#C9C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C856

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C856	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)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.136 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd88a',
    500: '#c9c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c856;
$custom-light: #dcd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81135,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C856

secondary

#3E3F85

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C856

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

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