#C9C138#C9C138

#C9C138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.151 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C138
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -12.66, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 67.00, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0417 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.151 106)
XYZ	xyz(43.8729, 50.8446, 11.2436)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C138 #3840C9

analogous

#C97938 #C9C138 #88C938

triadic

#C9C138 #38C9C1 #C138C9

tetradic

#C9C138 #38C979 #3840C9 #C93888

square

#C9C138 #38C979 #3840C9 #C93888

split-complementary

#C9C138 #3888C9 #7938C9

monochromatic

#6A661D #9A942A #C9C138 #D6D068 #E3DF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C9C138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C138

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C138	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.151 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd378',
    500: '#c9c138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c138;
$custom-light: #ddd378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7938,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.50843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C138

secondary

#313574

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C138

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

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