#C9C232#C9C232

#C9C232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.156 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C232
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -13.42, 68.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 69.37, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0444 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.156 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9567, 51.2330, 10.5905)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C232 #3239C9

analogous

#C97732 #C9C232 #84C932

triadic

#C9C232 #32C9C2 #C232C9

tetradic

#C9C232 #32C977 #3239C9 #C93284

square

#C9C232 #32C977 #3239C9 #C93284

split-complementary

#C9C232 #3284C9 #7732C9

monochromatic

#67631A #989326 #C9C232 #D8D261 #E4E092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C9C232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C9C232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C232

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C232	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.156 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd475',
    500: '#c9c232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c232;
$custom-light: #ddd475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.219,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79557,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C232

secondary

#2E3171

accent

#4CE344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C232

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

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