#C9C13A#C9C13A

#C9C13A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.150 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C13A
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -12.56, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 66.29, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0412 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.15 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9228, 50.8645, 11.5064)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C13A #3A42C9

analogous

#C9793A #C9C13A #8AC93A

triadic

#C9C13A #3AC9C1 #C13AC9

tetradic

#C9C13A #3AC979 #3A42C9 #C93A8A

square

#C9C13A #3AC979 #3A42C9 #C93A8A

split-complementary

#C9C13A #3A8AC9 #793AC9

monochromatic

#6B671D #9B952B #C9C13A #D6D06A #E3DF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C13A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C9C13A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C13A

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C13A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C13A	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)

#D2BA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c13a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.150 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd379',
    500: '#c9c13a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c13a;
$custom-light: #ddd379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c13a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79394,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C13A

secondary

#323675

accent

#50E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C13A

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

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