#C9C42B#C9C42B

#C9C42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.161 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C42B
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -14.70, 70.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 72.17, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0485 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.161 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2652, 52.0733, 10.0045)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C42B #2B30C9

analogous

#C9752B #C9C42B #7FC92B

triadic

#C9C42B #2BC9C4 #C42BC9

tetradic

#C9C42B #2BC975 #2B30C9 #C92B7F

square

#C9C42B #2BC975 #2B30C9 #C92B7F

split-complementary

#C9C42B #2B7FC9 #752BC9

monochromatic

#646215 #979320 #C9C42B #DBD756 #E6E389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C9C42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#C9C42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C42B

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C42B	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.161 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded572',
    500: '#c9c42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c42b;
$custom-light: #ded572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.101,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79949,
    "c": 0.16084,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C42B

secondary

#2A2C6F

accent

#45E840

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C42B

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

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