#C9C33A#C9C33A

#C9C33A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; 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	#C9C33A
RGB	rgb(201, 195, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -13.57, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 67.00, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0441 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.152 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3679, 51.7548, 11.6547)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C33A #3A40C9

analogous

#C97C3A #C9C33A #87C93A

triadic

#C9C33A #3AC9C3 #C33AC9

tetradic

#C9C33A #3AC97C #3A40C9 #C93A87

square

#C9C33A #3AC97C #3A40C9 #C93A87

split-complementary

#C9C33A #3A87C9 #7C3AC9

monochromatic

#6B681D #9B972B #C9C33A #D6D26A #E3E09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C9C33A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C9C33A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C33A

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C33A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C33A	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)

#D3BC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c33a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 195, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.152 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd479',
    500: '#c9c33a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c33a;
$custom-light: #ddd479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c33a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79822,
    "c": 0.15188,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C33A

secondary

#323575

accent

#4EE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C33A

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

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