#C9C43D#C9C43D

#C9C43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.151 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C43D
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -13.93, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 66.28, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0448 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.151 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6713, 52.2358, 12.1434)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C43D #3D42C9

analogous

#C97E3D #C9C43D #88C93D

triadic

#C9C43D #3DC9C4 #C43DC9

tetradic

#C9C43D #3DC97E #3D42C9 #C93D88

square

#C9C43D #3DC97E #3D42C9 #C93D88

split-complementary

#C9C43D #3D88C9 #7E3DC9

monochromatic

#6D6A1E #9D992C #C9C43D #D6D36D #E4E19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C9C43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#C9C43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C43D

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C43D	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.151 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd57b',
    500: '#c9c43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c43d;
$custom-light: #ddd57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80057,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C43D

secondary

#333677

accent

#4DE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C43D

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

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