#C9C142#C9C142

#C9C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.145 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C142
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -12.15, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 63.30, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0392 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.145 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1424, 50.9524, 12.6628)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C142 #424AC9

analogous

#C97D42 #C9C142 #8EC942

triadic

#C9C142 #42C9C1 #C142C9

tetradic

#C9C142 #42C97D #424AC9 #C9428E

square

#C9C142 #42C97D #424AC9 #C9428E

split-complementary

#C9C142 #428EC9 #7D42C9

monochromatic

#706C20 #A0992E #C9C142 #D7D172 #E4E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#C9C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C142

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C142	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)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.145 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37d',
    500: '#c9c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c142;
$custom-light: #ddd37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79453,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C142

secondary

#363A7A

accent

#52DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C142

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

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