#C9C03E#C9C03E

#C9C03E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.147 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C03E
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -11.85, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 64.47, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0388 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.147 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8083, 50.4662, 11.9898)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C03E #3E47C9

analogous

#C97B3E #C9C03E #8DC93E

triadic

#C9C03E #3EC9C0 #C03EC9

tetradic

#C9C03E #3EC97B #3E47C9 #C93E8D

square

#C9C03E #3EC97B #3E47C9 #C93E8D

split-complementary

#C9C03E #3E8DC9 #7B3EC9

monochromatic

#6E691F #9E962C #C9C03E #D6D06E #E4DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9C03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C9C03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C03E

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C03E	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)

#D0B92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.147 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27b',
    500: '#c9c03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c03e;
$custom-light: #ddd27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79209,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C03E

secondary

#343877

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C03E

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

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