#C9C242#C9C242

#C9C242 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	#C9C242
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -12.66, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 63.66, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0407 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.146 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3642, 51.3960, 12.7367)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C242 #4249C9

analogous

#C97F42 #C9C242 #8CC942

triadic

#C9C242 #42C9C2 #C242C9

tetradic

#C9C242 #42C97F #4249C9 #C9428C

square

#C9C242 #42C97F #4249C9 #C9428C

split-complementary

#C9C242 #428CC9 #7F42C9

monochromatic

#706C20 #A09A2E #C9C242 #D7D172 #E4E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#C9C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C242

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C242	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.146 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47d',
    500: '#c9c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c242;
$custom-light: #ddd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79667,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C242

secondary

#36397A

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C242

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

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