#C9C339#C9C339

#C9C339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.152 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C339
RGB	rgb(201, 195, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -13.62, 65.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 67.36, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0443 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.152 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3428, 51.7447, 11.5220)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C339 #393FC9

analogous

#C97B39 #C9C339 #87C939

triadic

#C9C339 #39C9C3 #C339C9

tetradic

#C9C339 #39C97B #393FC9 #C93987

square

#C9C339 #39C97B #393FC9 #C93987

split-complementary

#C9C339 #3987C9 #7B39C9

monochromatic

#6B671D #9B962A #C9C339 #D6D269 #E3E099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C9C339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C9C339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C339

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C339	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)

#D4BC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 195, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.152 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd479',
    500: '#c9c339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c339;
$custom-light: #ddd479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79815,
    "c": 0.15249,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C339

secondary

#323574

accent

#4EE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C339

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

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