#C9C23C#C9C23C

#C9C23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.150 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C23C
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -12.97, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 65.93, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0422 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.15 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1965, 51.3289, 11.8535)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C23C #3C43C9

analogous

#C97B3C #C9C23C #89C93C

triadic

#C9C23C #3CC9C2 #C23CC9

tetradic

#C9C23C #3CC97B #3C43C9 #C93C89

square

#C9C23C #3CC97B #3C43C9 #C93C89

split-complementary

#C9C23C #3C89C9 #7B3CC9

monochromatic

#6D691E #9C972B #C9C23C #D6D16C #E4E09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C9C23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C23C

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C23C	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.150 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47a',
    500: '#c9c23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c23c;
$custom-light: #ddd47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79622,
    "c": 0.1497,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C23C

secondary

#333676

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C23C

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

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