#C9C329#C9C329

#C9C329 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.161 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C329
RGB	rgb(201, 195, 41)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 79.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -14.26, 70.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 72.39, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0474 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.161 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0046, 51.6094, 9.7410)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C329 #292FC9

analogous

#C97329 #C9C329 #7FC929

triadic

#C9C329 #29C9C3 #C329C9

tetradic

#C9C329 #29C973 #292FC9 #C9297F

square

#C9C329 #29C973 #292FC9 #C9297F

split-complementary

#C9C329 #297FC9 #7329C9

monochromatic

#636014 #96921F #C9C329 #DCD753 #E6E386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C9C329 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#C9C329 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C329

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C329	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C329	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c329;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 195, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.161 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded471',
    500: '#c9c329',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c329;
$custom-light: #ded471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c329",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.75,
    "s": 66.116,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79725,
    "c": 0.16083,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C329

secondary

#282B6E

accent

#45E93F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C329

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

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