#C9C03C#C9C03C

#C9C03C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.148 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C03C
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -11.95, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 65.21, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0393 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.148 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7544, 50.4447, 11.7061)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C03C #3C45C9

analogous

#C9793C #C9C03C #8BC93C

triadic

#C9C03C #3CC9C0 #C03CC9

tetradic

#C9C03C #3CC979 #3C45C9 #C93C8B

square

#C9C03C #3CC979 #3C45C9 #C93C8B

split-complementary

#C9C03C #3C8BC9 #793CC9

monochromatic

#6D681E #9C952B #C9C03C #D6CF6C #E4DF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9C03C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C9C03C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C03C

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C03C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C03C	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c03c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.148 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27a',
    500: '#c9c03c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c03c;
$custom-light: #ddd27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c03c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79194,
    "c": 0.14784,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C03C

secondary

#333776

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C03C

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

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