#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
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -12.60, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 63.27, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0404 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.145 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3940, 51.4079, 12.8933)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

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
##C9C243	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)

#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

Preview with #C9C243

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

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