#C9C42E#C9C42E

#C9C42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.159 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C42E
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -14.59, 69.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 71.29, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.048 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.159 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3223, 52.0962, 10.3051)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C42E #2E33C9

analogous

#C9772E #C9C42E #80C92E

triadic

#C9C42E #2EC9C4 #C42EC9

tetradic

#C9C42E #2EC977 #2E33C9 #C92E80

square

#C9C42E #2EC977 #2E33C9 #C92E80

split-complementary

#C9C42E #2E80C9 #772EC9

monochromatic

#656317 #979323 #C9C42E #D9D55B #E5E28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C9C42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#C9C42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C42E

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C42E	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.159 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd574',
    500: '#c9c42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c42e;
$custom-light: #ddd574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79964,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C42E

secondary

#2C2E70

accent

#47E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C42E

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

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