#C9C032#C9C032

#C9C032 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.154 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C032
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -12.41, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 68.69, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0415 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.154 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5146, 50.3487, 10.4431)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C032 #323BC9

analogous

#C97532 #C9C032 #87C932

triadic

#C9C032 #32C9C0 #C032C9

tetradic

#C9C032 #32C975 #323BC9 #C93287

square

#C9C032 #32C975 #323BC9 #C93287

split-complementary

#C9C032 #3287C9 #7532C9

monochromatic

#67621A #989126 #C9C032 #D8D161 #E4DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9C032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C9C032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C032

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C032	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.154 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd275',
    500: '#c9c032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c032;
$custom-light: #ddd275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.424,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79129,
    "c": 0.15375,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C032

secondary

#2E3271

accent

#4EE344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C032

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

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