#C9C141#C9C141

#C9C141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.145 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C141
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -12.20, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 63.68, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0395 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.145 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1132, 50.9407, 12.5088)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C141 #4149C9

analogous

#C97D41 #C9C141 #8DC941

triadic

#C9C141 #41C9C1 #C141C9

tetradic

#C9C141 #41C97D #4149C9 #C9418D

square

#C9C141 #41C97D #4149C9 #C9418D

split-complementary

#C9C141 #418DC9 #7D41C9

monochromatic

#706B20 #9F992D #C9C141 #D7D171 #E4E0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#C9C141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C141

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C141	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)

#D1BA2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.145 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37d',
    500: '#c9c141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c141;
$custom-light: #ddd37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79445,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C141

secondary

#353979

accent

#52DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C141

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

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