#C9C238#C9C238

#C9C238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.152 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C238
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -13.16, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 67.35, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0431 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.152 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0947, 51.2882, 11.3175)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C238 #383FC9

analogous

#C97938 #C9C238 #88C938

triadic

#C9C238 #38C9C2 #C238C9

tetradic

#C9C238 #38C979 #383FC9 #C93888

square

#C9C238 #38C979 #383FC9 #C93888

split-complementary

#C9C238 #3888C9 #7938C9

monochromatic

#6A661D #9A952A #C9C238 #D6D168 #E3E098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C9C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#C9C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C238

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C238	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.152 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd478',
    500: '#c9c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c238;
$custom-light: #ddd478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79594,
    "c": 0.15216,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C238

secondary

#313574

accent

#4FE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C238

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

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