#C9C13D#C9C13D

#C9C13D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.148 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C13D
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -12.41, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 65.20, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0405 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.148 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0014, 50.8959, 11.9201)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C13D #3D45C9

analogous

#C97B3D #C9C13D #8BC93D

triadic

#C9C13D #3DC9C1 #C13DC9

tetradic

#C9C13D #3DC97B #3D45C9 #C93D8B

square

#C9C13D #3DC97B #3D45C9 #C93D8B

split-complementary

#C9C13D #3D8BC9 #7B3DC9

monochromatic

#6D691E #9D972C #C9C13D #D6D06D #E4E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C13D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C9C13D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C13D

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C13D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C13D	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)

#D1BA28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c13d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.148 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37b',
    500: '#c9c13d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c13d;
$custom-light: #ddd37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c13d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79415,
    "c": 0.14812,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C13D

secondary

#333777

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C13D

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

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