#C9C239#C9C239

#C9C239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.152 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C239
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -13.12, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 67.00, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0429 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.152 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1194, 51.2981, 11.4476)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C239 #3940C9

analogous

#C97A39 #C9C239 #88C939

triadic

#C9C239 #39C9C2 #C239C9

tetradic

#C9C239 #39C97A #3940C9 #C93988

square

#C9C239 #39C97A #3940C9 #C93988

split-complementary

#C9C239 #3988C9 #7A39C9

monochromatic

#6B671D #9B952A #C9C239 #D6D169 #E3E099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C9C239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#C9C239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C239

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C239	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)

#D3BB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.152 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd479',
    500: '#c9c239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c239;
$custom-light: #ddd479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79601,
    "c": 0.15156,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C239

secondary

#323574

accent

#4FE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C239

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

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