#C9C439#C9C439

#C9C439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.153 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C439
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -14.13, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 67.72, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0457 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.153 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5676, 52.1943, 11.5970)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C439 #393EC9

analogous

#C97C39 #C9C439 #86C939

triadic

#C9C439 #39C9C4 #C439C9

tetradic

#C9C439 #39C97C #393EC9 #C93986

square

#C9C439 #39C97C #393EC9 #C93986

split-complementary

#C9C439 #3986C9 #7C39C9

monochromatic

#6B681D #9B972A #C9C439 #D6D269 #E3E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C9C439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#C9C439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C439

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C439	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)

#D4BC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.153 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd579',
    500: '#c9c439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c439;
$custom-light: #ddd579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.917,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8003,
    "c": 0.15343,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C439

secondary

#323474

accent

#4DE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C439

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

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