#C9C331#C9C331

#C9C331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.157 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C331
RGB	rgb(201, 195, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -13.97, 68.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 70.03, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.046 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.157 107)
XYZ	xyz(44.1587, 51.6710, 10.5526)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C331 #3137C9

analogous

#C97731 #C9C331 #83C931

triadic

#C9C331 #31C9C3 #C331C9

tetradic

#C9C331 #31C977 #3137C9 #C93183

square

#C9C331 #31C977 #3137C9 #C93183

split-complementary

#C9C331 #3183C9 #7731C9

monochromatic

#676419 #989325 #C9C331 #D8D35F #E4E190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C9C331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#C9C331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C331

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C331	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)

#D4BB0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 195, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.157 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd475',
    500: '#c9c331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c331;
$custom-light: #ddd475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.632,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79766,
    "c": 0.15699,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.51669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C331

secondary

#2D3071

accent

#4AE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C331

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

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