#C9C24E#C9C24E

#C9C24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.137 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C24E
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -11.92, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 58.76, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0373 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.137 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7559, 51.5526, 14.7993)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C24E #4E55C9

analogous

#C9844E #C9C24E #93C94E

triadic

#C9C24E #4EC9C2 #C24EC9

tetradic

#C9C24E #4EC984 #4E55C9 #C94E93

square

#C9C24E #4EC984 #4E55C9 #C94E93

split-complementary

#C9C24E #4E93C9 #844EC9

monochromatic

#787325 #A7A033 #C9C24E #D7D27D #E6E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C9C24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C24E

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C24E	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.137 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd484',
    500: '#c9c24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c24e;
$custom-light: #dcd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79772,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C24E

secondary

#3B3F80

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C24E

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

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