#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
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -14.31, 67.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 69.08, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0466 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.156 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4717, 52.1559, 11.0920)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9C435	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C435

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

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