#C9C02E#C9C02E

#C9C02E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.156 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C02E
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -12.57, 68.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 69.95, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0423 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.156 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4320, 50.3157, 10.0084)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C02E #2E37C9

analogous

#C9722E #C9C02E #84C92E

triadic

#C9C02E #2EC9C0 #C02EC9

tetradic

#C9C02E #2EC972 #2E37C9 #C92E84

square

#C9C02E #2EC972 #2E37C9 #C92E84

split-complementary

#C9C02E #2E84C9 #722EC9

monochromatic

#656117 #979023 #C9C02E #D9D25B #E5E08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9C02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#C9C02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C02E

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C02E	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B904

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.156 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd273',
    500: '#c9c02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c02e;
$custom-light: #ddd273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.516,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79107,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C02E

secondary

#2C2F70

accent

#4CE642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C02E

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

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