#C9C12C#C9C12C

#C9C12C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.158 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C12C
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -13.15, 69.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 70.88, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0441 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.158 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6138, 50.7409, 9.8790)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C12C #2C34C9

analogous

#C9732C #C9C12C #82C92C

triadic

#C9C12C #2CC9C1 #C12CC9

tetradic

#C9C12C #2CC973 #2C34C9 #C92C82

square

#C9C12C #2CC973 #2C34C9 #C92C82

split-complementary

#C9C12C #2C82C9 #732CC9

monochromatic

#656116 #979121 #C9C12C #DAD458 #E5E18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#C9C12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C12C

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C12C	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.158 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded372',
    500: '#c9c12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c12c;
$custom-light: #ded372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.943,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7931,
    "c": 0.15768,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C12C

secondary

#2A2E6F

accent

#49E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C12C

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

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