#C9C22D#C9C22D

#C9C22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.158 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C22D
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -13.62, 69.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 70.92, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0453 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.158 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8547, 51.1922, 10.0531)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C22D #2D34C9

analogous

#C9742D #C9C22D #82C92D

triadic

#C9C22D #2DC9C2 #C22DC9

tetradic

#C9C22D #2DC974 #2D34C9 #C92D82

square

#C9C22D #2DC974 #2D34C9 #C92D82

split-complementary

#C9C22D #2D82C9 #742DC9

monochromatic

#656117 #979222 #C9C22D #DAD459 #E5E18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C9C22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C9C22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C22D

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C22D	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)

#D6C03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.158 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd473',
    500: '#c9c22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c22d;
$custom-light: #ddd473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.308,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7953,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C22D

secondary

#2B2E6F

accent

#49E641

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C22D

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

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