#C9C02F#C9C02F

#C9C02F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.155 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C02F
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -12.53, 68.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 69.64, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0421 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.155 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4520, 50.3237, 10.1134)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C02F #2F38C9

analogous

#C9732F #C9C02F #85C92F

triadic

#C9C02F #2FC9C0 #C02FC9

tetradic

#C9C02F #2FC973 #2F38C9 #C92F85

square

#C9C02F #2FC973 #2F38C9 #C92F85

split-complementary

#C9C02F #2F85C9 #732FC9

monochromatic

#666118 #979123 #C9C02F #D9D25C #E5DF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9C02F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#C9C02F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C02F

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C02F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C02F	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)

#D1B907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c02f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.155 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd274',
    500: '#c9c02f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c02f;
$custom-light: #ddd274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c02f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.494,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79112,
    "c": 0.15531,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C02F

secondary

#2C3070

accent

#4CE543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C02F

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

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