#C9C52A#C9C52A

#C9C52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.162 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C52A
RGB	rgb(201, 197, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -15.23, 71.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 72.79, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0501 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.162 108)
XYZ	xyz(44.4734, 52.5187, 9.9845)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C52A #2A2EC9

analogous

#C9762A #C9C52A #7DC92A

triadic

#C9C52A #2AC9C5 #C52AC9

tetradic

#C9C52A #2AC976 #2A2EC9 #C92A7D

square

#C9C52A #2AC976 #2A2EC9 #C92A7D

split-complementary

#C9C52A #2A7DC9 #762AC9

monochromatic

#646215 #96931F #C9C52A #DBD855 #E6E487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C9C52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#C9C52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C52A

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C52A	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 197, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.162 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded672',
    500: '#c9c52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c52a;
$custom-light: #ded672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.491,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80159,
    "c": 0.1622,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.52517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C52A

secondary

#292B6E

accent

#44E83F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C52A

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

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