#C9C332#C9C332

#C9C332 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.156 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C332
RGB	rgb(201, 195, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -13.93, 68.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 69.71, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0458 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.156 107)
XYZ	xyz(44.1800, 51.6796, 10.6649)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C332 #3238C9

analogous

#C97832 #C9C332 #84C932

triadic

#C9C332 #32C9C3 #C332C9

tetradic

#C9C332 #32C978 #3238C9 #C93284

square

#C9C332 #32C978 #3238C9 #C93284

split-complementary

#C9C332 #3284C9 #7832C9

monochromatic

#67641A #989326 #C9C332 #D8D361 #E4E192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C9C332 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C9C332 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C332

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C332	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C332	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c332;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 195, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.156 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd475',
    500: '#c9c332',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c332;
$custom-light: #ddd475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c332",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.616,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79772,
    "c": 0.15646,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.51678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C332

secondary

#2E3171

accent

#4BE344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C332

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

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