#C9C241#C9C241

#C9C241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.146 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C241
RGBrgb(201, 194, 65)
HSLhsl(57, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(57, 68%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.5%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.91, -12.71, 62.77)
CIE-LCHlch(76.91, 64.05, 101.45°)
OKLaboklab(79.66% -0.0409 0.1406)
OKLCHoklch(79.66% 0.146 106.2)
XYZxyz(44.3350, 51.3843, 12.5828)
Luminance0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C241 #4148C9
analogous
#C97E41 #C9C241 #8CC941
triadic
#C9C241 #41C9C2 #C241C9
tetradic
#C9C241 #41C97E #4148C9 #C9418C
square
#C9C241 #41C97E #4148C9 #C9418C
split-complementary
#C9C241 #418CC9 #7E41C9
monochromatic
#706C20 #9F9A2D #C9C241 #D7D171 #E4E1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#C9C241 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28
#C9C241 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C241
11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C241#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C2411.001.8611.2811.28
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2821.001.001.00
##00000011.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BB2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D5C049
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7B5A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.146 106.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47d',
    500: '#c9c241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c241;
$custom-light: #ddd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79659,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C241
secondary
#353979
accent
#50DF49
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C9C241 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva