#C9C338#C9C338

#C9C338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.153 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C338
RGB	rgb(201, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -13.67, 66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 67.71, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0445 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3181, 51.7348, 11.3919)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C338 #383EC9

analogous

#C97A38 #C9C338 #87C938

triadic

#C9C338 #38C9C3 #C338C9

tetradic

#C9C338 #38C97A #383EC9 #C93887

square

#C9C338 #38C97A #383EC9 #C93887

split-complementary

#C9C338 #3887C9 #7A38C9

monochromatic

#6A671D #9A952A #C9C338 #D6D268 #E3E098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C9C338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C9C338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C338

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C338	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd478',
    500: '#c9c338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c338;
$custom-light: #ddd478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.517,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79808,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C338

secondary

#313474

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C338

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

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