#C9C24F#C9C24F

#C9C24F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.136 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C24F
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -11.86, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 58.33, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.037 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.136 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7920, 51.5671, 14.9896)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C24F #4F56C9

analogous

#C9854F #C9C24F #93C94F

triadic

#C9C24F #4FC9C2 #C24FC9

tetradic

#C9C24F #4FC985 #4F56C9 #C94F93

square

#C9C24F #4FC985 #4F56C9 #C94F93

split-complementary

#C9C24F #4F93C9 #854FC9

monochromatic

#797425 #A7A133 #C9C24F #D7D27E #E6E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C9C24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C24F

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C24F	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)

#D1BB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.136 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd485',
    500: '#c9c24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c24f;
$custom-light: #dcd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79782,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C24F

secondary

#3B3F81

accent

#54DC4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C24F

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

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