#C9C140#C9C140

#C9C140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.146 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C140
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -12.26, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 64.07, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0397 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.146 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0845, 50.9292, 12.3576)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C140 #4048C9

analogous

#C97C40 #C9C140 #8DC940

triadic

#C9C140 #40C9C1 #C140C9

tetradic

#C9C140 #40C97C #4048C9 #C9408D

square

#C9C140 #40C97C #4048C9 #C9408D

split-complementary

#C9C140 #408DC9 #7C40C9

monochromatic

#6F6B1F #9F982D #C9C140 #D6D070 #E4E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#C9C140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C140

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C140	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.146 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37c',
    500: '#c9c140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c140;
$custom-light: #ddd37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79438,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C140

secondary

#353978

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C140

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

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