#C9C034#C9C034

#C9C034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.153 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C034
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -12.33, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 68.03, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0411 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.153 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5587, 50.3664, 10.6754)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C034 #343DC9

analogous

#C97634 #C9C034 #87C934

triadic

#C9C034 #34C9C0 #C034C9

tetradic

#C9C034 #34C976 #343DC9 #C93487

square

#C9C034 #34C976 #343DC9 #C93487

split-complementary

#C9C034 #3487C9 #7634C9

monochromatic

#68631B #989227 #C9C034 #D7D063 #E3DF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9C034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C9C034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C034

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C034	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)

#D1B917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.153 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd276',
    500: '#c9c034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c034;
$custom-light: #ddd276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.376,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79141,
    "c": 0.15264,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C034

secondary

#2F3372

accent

#4FE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C034

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

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