#C9C52F#C9C52F

#C9C52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.160 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C52F
RGB	rgb(201, 197, 47)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -15.05, 69.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 71.33, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0492 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.16 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5685, 52.5568, 10.4856)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C52F #2F33C9

analogous

#C9782F #C9C52F #80C92F

triadic

#C9C52F #2FC9C5 #C52FC9

tetradic

#C9C52F #2FC978 #2F33C9 #C92F80

square

#C9C52F #2FC978 #2F33C9 #C92F80

split-complementary

#C9C52F #2F80C9 #782FC9

monochromatic

#666418 #979423 #C9C52F #D9D65C #E5E28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C9C52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#C9C52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C52F

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C52F	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 197, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.160 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd674',
    500: '#c9c52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c52f;
$custom-light: #ddd674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.442,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80185,
    "c": 0.15986,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C52F

secondary

#2C2E70

accent

#47E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C52F

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

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