#C9C04F#C9C04F

#C9C04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.134 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C04F
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -10.84, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 57.56, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0341 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.134 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3499, 50.6828, 14.8422)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C04F #4F58C9

analogous

#C9834F #C9C04F #95C94F

triadic

#C9C04F #4FC9C0 #C04FC9

tetradic

#C9C04F #4FC983 #4F58C9 #C94F95

square

#C9C04F #4FC983 #4F58C9 #C94F95

split-complementary

#C9C04F #4F95C9 #834FC9

monochromatic

#797225 #A79F33 #C9C04F #D7D17E #E6E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9C04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#C9C04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C04F

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C04F	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.134 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd285',
    500: '#c9c04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c04f;
$custom-light: #dcd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79356,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C04F

secondary

#3B4081

accent

#56DC4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C04F

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

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