#C9C043#C9C043

#C9C043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.143 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C043
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -11.58, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 62.54, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0375 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.143 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9518, 50.5236, 12.7460)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C043 #434CC9

analogous

#C97D43 #C9C043 #8FC943

triadic

#C9C043 #43C9C0 #C043C9

tetradic

#C9C043 #43C97D #434CC9 #C9438F

square

#C9C043 #43C97D #434CC9 #C9438F

split-complementary

#C9C043 #438FC9 #7D43C9

monochromatic

#716C20 #A1992E #C9C043 #D7D073 #E4E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9C043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C9C043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C043

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C043	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.143 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27e',
    500: '#c9c043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c043;
$custom-light: #ddd27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79248,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C043

secondary

#363B7A

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C043

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

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