#C9C13C#C9C13C

#C9C13C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.149 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C13C
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -12.46, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 65.57, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0407 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.149 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9747, 50.8853, 11.7795)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C13C #3C44C9

analogous

#C97A3C #C9C13C #8AC93C

triadic

#C9C13C #3CC9C1 #C13CC9

tetradic

#C9C13C #3CC97A #3C44C9 #C93C8A

square

#C9C13C #3CC97A #3C44C9 #C93C8A

split-complementary

#C9C13C #3C8AC9 #7A3CC9

monochromatic

#6D681E #9C962B #C9C13C #D6D06C #E4DF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C13C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C9C13C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C13C

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C13C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C13C	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c13c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.149 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37a',
    500: '#c9c13c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c13c;
$custom-light: #ddd37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c13c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79408,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C13C

secondary

#333776

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C13C

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

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