#C9C435#C9C435

#C9C435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.156 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C435
RGBrgb(201, 196, 53)
HSLhsl(58, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(58, 74%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.5%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.37, -14.31, 67.58)
CIE-LCHlch(77.37, 69.08, 101.95°)
OKLaboklab(80% -0.0466 0.1486)
OKLCHoklch(80% 0.156 107.4)
XYZxyz(44.4717, 52.1559, 11.0920)
Luminance0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C435 #353AC9
analogous
#C97A35 #C9C435 #84C935
triadic
#C9C435 #35C9C4 #C435C9
tetradic
#C9C435 #35C97A #353AC9 #C93584
square
#C9C435 #35C97A #353AC9 #C93584
split-complementary
#C9C435 #3584C9 #7A35C9
monochromatic
#68661B #999528 #C9C435 #D6D365 #E3E095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#C9C435 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43
#C9C435 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C435
11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C435#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C4351.001.8411.4311.43
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4321.001.001.00
##00000011.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BC17
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C240
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8B7A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.156 107.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd577',
    500: '#c9c435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c435;
$custom-light: #ddd577;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.973,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80004,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C435
secondary
#303272
accent
#4CE146
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF1
border
#D5D4CB
text
#161409
muted
#84837D

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#C9C435 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva