#C9C22E#C9C22E

#C9C22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.158 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C22E
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -13.58, 69.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 70.62, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0451 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.158 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8742, 51.1999, 10.1557)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C22E #2E35C9

analogous

#C9742E #C9C22E #82C92E

triadic

#C9C22E #2EC9C2 #C22EC9

tetradic

#C9C22E #2EC974 #2E35C9 #C92E82

square

#C9C22E #2EC974 #2E35C9 #C92E82

split-complementary

#C9C22E #2E82C9 #742EC9

monochromatic

#656217 #979223 #C9C22E #D9D45B #E5E18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C9C22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C9C22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C22E

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C22E	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)

#D3BA02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.158 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd473',
    500: '#c9c22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c22e;
$custom-light: #ddd473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.29,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79535,
    "c": 0.1576,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C22E

secondary

#2C2F70

accent

#49E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C22E

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

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