#C9C438#C9C438

#C9C438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.154 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C438
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -14.17, 66.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 68.06, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0459 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.154 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5429, 52.1844, 11.4669)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C438 #383DC9

analogous

#C97B38 #C9C438 #85C938

triadic

#C9C438 #38C9C4 #C438C9

tetradic

#C9C438 #38C97B #383DC9 #C93885

square

#C9C438 #38C97B #383DC9 #C93885

split-complementary

#C9C438 #3885C9 #7B38C9

monochromatic

#6A671D #9A962A #C9C438 #D6D268 #E3E198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C9C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#C9C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C438

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C438	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.154 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd578',
    500: '#c9c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c438;
$custom-light: #ddd578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80023,
    "c": 0.15403,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C438

secondary

#313474

accent

#4DE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C438

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

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