#C9C33B#C9C33B

#C9C33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.151 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C33B
RGB	rgb(201, 195, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -13.53, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 66.65, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0438 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.151 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3936, 51.7650, 11.7900)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C33B #3B41C9

analogous

#C97C3B #C9C33B #88C93B

triadic

#C9C33B #3BC9C3 #C33BC9

tetradic

#C9C33B #3BC97C #3B41C9 #C93B88

square

#C9C33B #3BC97C #3B41C9 #C93B88

split-complementary

#C9C33B #3B88C9 #7C3BC9

monochromatic

#6C691E #9C972B #C9C33B #D6D26B #E3E09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C9C33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C9C33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C33B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C33B	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)

#D3BC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 195, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.151 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47a',
    500: '#c9c33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c33b;
$custom-light: #ddd47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79829,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C33B

secondary

#333576

accent

#4EE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C33B

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

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