#C9C538#C9C538

#C9C538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.155 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C538
RGB	rgb(201, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -14.68, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 68.42, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0473 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.155 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7692, 52.6370, 11.5423)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C538 #383CC9

analogous

#C97D38 #C9C538 #84C938

triadic

#C9C538 #38C9C5 #C538C9

tetradic

#C9C538 #38C97D #383CC9 #C93884

square

#C9C538 #38C97D #383CC9 #C93884

split-complementary

#C9C538 #3884C9 #7D38C9

monochromatic

#6A681D #9A972A #C9C538 #D6D368 #E3E198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C9C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C9C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C538

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C538	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.155 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd678',
    500: '#c9c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c538;
$custom-light: #ddd678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.345,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80238,
    "c": 0.15498,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C538

secondary

#313374

accent

#4BE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C538

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

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