#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
RGBrgb(201, 193, 65)
HSLhsl(56, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(56, 68%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.64, -12.20, 62.50)
CIE-LCHlch(76.64, 63.68, 101.05°)
OKLaboklab(79.44% -0.0395 0.14)
OKLCHoklch(79.44% 0.145 105.8)
XYZxyz(44.1132, 50.9407, 12.5088)
Luminance0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9C1411.001.8811.1911.19
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1921.001.001.00
##00000011.1921.001.001.00

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

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#C9C141 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva