#C9C13F#C9C13F

#C9C13F 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	#C9C13F
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -12.31, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 64.45, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.04 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.147 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0563, 50.9179, 12.2091)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C13F #3F47C9

analogous

#C97C3F #C9C13F #8CC93F

triadic

#C9C13F #3FC9C1 #C13FC9

tetradic

#C9C13F #3FC97C #3F47C9 #C93F8C

square

#C9C13F #3FC97C #3F47C9 #C93F8C

split-complementary

#C9C13F #3F8CC9 #7C3FC9

monochromatic

#6F6A1F #9E982D #C9C13F #D6D06F #E4E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C13F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C9C13F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C13F

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C13F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C13F	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)

#D1BA2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c13f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.147 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37c',
    500: '#c9c13f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c13f;
$custom-light: #ddd37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c13f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7943,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C13F

secondary

#343878

accent

#51DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C13F

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

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