#C9C13E#C9C13E

#C9C13E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.147 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C13E
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -12.36, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 64.83, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0402 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.147 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0286, 50.9068, 12.0633)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C13E #3E46C9

analogous

#C97C3E #C9C13E #8CC93E

triadic

#C9C13E #3EC9C1 #C13EC9

tetradic

#C9C13E #3EC97C #3E46C9 #C93E8C

square

#C9C13E #3EC97C #3E46C9 #C93E8C

split-complementary

#C9C13E #3E8CC9 #7C3EC9

monochromatic

#6E691F #9E972C #C9C13E #D6D06E #E4E09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C13E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C9C13E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C13E

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C13E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C13E	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)

#D1BA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c13e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.147 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37b',
    500: '#c9c13e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c13e;
$custom-light: #ddd37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c13e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79422,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C13E

secondary

#343877

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C13E

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

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