#C9C035#C9C035

#C9C035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.152 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C035
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -12.28, 66.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 67.69, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0409 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.152 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5814, 50.3755, 10.7952)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C035 #353EC9

analogous

#C97635 #C9C035 #88C935

triadic

#C9C035 #35C9C0 #C035C9

tetradic

#C9C035 #35C976 #353EC9 #C93588

square

#C9C035 #35C976 #353EC9 #C93588

split-complementary

#C9C035 #3588C9 #7635C9

monochromatic

#68631B #999228 #C9C035 #D6CF65 #E3DE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9C035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C9C035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C035

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C035	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)

#D1B919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.152 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd276',
    500: '#c9c035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c035;
$custom-light: #ddd276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.351,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79147,
    "c": 0.15208,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C035

secondary

#303472

accent

#50E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C035

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

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