#C9C31C#C9C31C

#C9C31C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.166 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C31C
RGB	rgb(201, 195, 28)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 86.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -14.62, 74.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 75.51, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0493 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.166 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8140, 51.5332, 8.7374)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C31C #1C22C9

analogous

#C96C1C #C9C31C #79C91C

triadic

#C9C31C #1CC9C3 #C31CC9

tetradic

#C9C31C #1CC96C #1C22C9 #C91C79

square

#C9C31C #1CC96C #1C22C9 #C91C79

split-complementary

#C9C31C #1C79C9 #6C1CC9

monochromatic

#5E5B0D #938F15 #C9C31C #E4DE3E #ECE774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C31C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C9C31C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C31C

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C31C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C31C	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)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c31c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 195, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.166 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded46d',
    500: '#c9c31c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c31c;
$custom-light: #ded46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c31c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.919,
    "s": 75.546,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79673,
    "c": 0.16569,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C31C

secondary

#202369

accent

#3CF236

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C31C

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

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