#C9C22C#C9C22C

#C9C22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.159 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C22C
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -13.65, 69.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 71.21, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0455 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.159 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8357, 51.1845, 9.9529)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C22C #2C33C9

analogous

#C9732C #C9C22C #81C92C

triadic

#C9C22C #2CC9C2 #C22CC9

tetradic

#C9C22C #2CC973 #2C33C9 #C92C81

square

#C9C22C #2CC973 #2C33C9 #C92C81

split-complementary

#C9C22C #2C81C9 #732CC9

monochromatic

#656116 #979221 #C9C22C #DAD558 #E5E18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C9C22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C9C22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C22C

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C22C	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.159 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded473',
    500: '#c9c22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c22c;
$custom-light: #ded473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.325,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79524,
    "c": 0.15856,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C22C

secondary

#2A2D6F

accent

#48E741

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C22C

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

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