#C9C53A#C9C53A

#C9C53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.154 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C53A
RGB	rgb(201, 197, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -14.58, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 67.73, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0469 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.154 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8191, 52.6570, 11.8051)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C53A #3A3EC9

analogous

#C97D3A #C9C53A #85C93A

triadic

#C9C53A #3AC9C5 #C53AC9

tetradic

#C9C53A #3AC97D #3A3EC9 #C93A85

square

#C9C53A #3AC97D #3A3EC9 #C93A85

split-complementary

#C9C53A #3A85C9 #7D3AC9

monochromatic

#6B691D #9B982B #C9C53A #D6D36A #E3E19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C9C53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#C9C53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C53A

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C53A	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)

#D5BD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 197, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.154 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd679',
    500: '#c9c53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c53a;
$custom-light: #ddd679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80251,
    "c": 0.15378,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C53A

secondary

#323475

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C53A

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

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