#C9C23E#C9C23E

#C9C23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.148 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C23E
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -12.87, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 65.19, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0417 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.148 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2504, 51.3504, 12.1372)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C23E #3E45C9

analogous

#C97D3E #C9C23E #8BC93E

triadic

#C9C23E #3EC9C2 #C23EC9

tetradic

#C9C23E #3EC97D #3E45C9 #C93E8B

square

#C9C23E #3EC97D #3E45C9 #C93E8B

split-complementary

#C9C23E #3E8BC9 #7D3EC9

monochromatic

#6E6A1F #9E982C #C9C23E #D6D16E #E4E09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C9C23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C23E

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C23E	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)

#D2BB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.148 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47b',
    500: '#c9c23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c23e;
$custom-light: #ddd47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79636,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C23E

secondary

#343777

accent

#50E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C23E

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

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