#C9C32E#C9C32E

#C9C32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.159 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C32E
RGB	rgb(201, 195, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -14.08, 69.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 70.95, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0466 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.159 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0975, 51.6466, 10.2302)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C32E #2E34C9

analogous

#C9752E #C9C32E #82C92E

triadic

#C9C32E #2EC9C3 #C32EC9

tetradic

#C9C32E #2EC975 #2E34C9 #C92E82

square

#C9C32E #2EC975 #2E34C9 #C92E82

split-complementary

#C9C32E #2E82C9 #752EC9

monochromatic

#656217 #979323 #C9C32E #D9D55B #E5E18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C9C32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#C9C32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C32E

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C32E	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 195, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.159 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd474',
    500: '#c9c32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c32e;
$custom-light: #ddd474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.677,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79749,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C32E

secondary

#2C2E70

accent

#48E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C32E

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

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