#C9C342#C9C342

#C9C342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.147 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C342
RGB	rgb(201, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -13.16, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 64.03, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0421 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.147 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5875, 51.8426, 12.8111)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C342 #4248C9

analogous

#C97F42 #C9C342 #8CC942

triadic

#C9C342 #42C9C3 #C342C9

tetradic

#C9C342 #42C97F #4248C9 #C9428C

square

#C9C342 #42C97F #4248C9 #C9428C

split-complementary

#C9C342 #428CC9 #7F42C9

monochromatic

#706D20 #A09B2E #C9C342 #D7D272 #E4E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C9C342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#C9C342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C342

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C342	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.147 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47e',
    500: '#c9c342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c342;
$custom-light: #ddd47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79881,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C342

secondary

#36397A

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C342

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

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