#C9C243#C9C243

#C9C243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.145 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C243
RGBrgb(201, 194, 67)
HSLhsl(57, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(57, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.93, -12.60, 62.00)
CIE-LCHlch(76.93, 63.27, 101.49°)
OKLaboklab(79.68% -0.0404 0.1393)
OKLCHoklch(79.68% 0.145 106.2)
XYZxyz(44.3940, 51.4079, 12.8933)
Luminance0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C243 #434AC9
analogous
#C97F43 #C9C243 #8DC943
triadic
#C9C243 #43C9C2 #C243C9
tetradic
#C9C243 #43C97F #434AC9 #C9438D
square
#C9C243 #43C97F #434AC9 #C9438D
split-complementary
#C9C243 #438DC9 #7F43C9
monochromatic
#716D20 #A19B2E #C9C243 #D7D173 #E4E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#C9C243 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28
#C9C243 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C243
11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C243#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C2431.001.8611.2811.28
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2821.001.001.00
##00000011.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BB31
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D5C04B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7B5A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.145 106.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47e',
    500: '#c9c243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c243;
$custom-light: #ddd47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79675,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C243
secondary
#363A7A
accent
#51DF49
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C9C243 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva