#C9C53C#C9C53C

#C9C53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.153 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C53C
RGB	rgb(201, 197, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -14.49, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 67.01, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0464 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.153 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8709, 52.6777, 12.0783)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C53C #3C40C9

analogous

#C97E3C #C9C53C #86C93C

triadic

#C9C53C #3CC9C5 #C53CC9

tetradic

#C9C53C #3CC97E #3C40C9 #C93C86

square

#C9C53C #3CC97E #3C40C9 #C93C86

split-complementary

#C9C53C #3C86C9 #7E3CC9

monochromatic

#6D6A1E #9C992B #C9C53C #D6D36C #E4E29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C9C53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#C9C53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C53C

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C53C	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 197, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.153 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd67a',
    500: '#c9c53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c53c;
$custom-light: #ddd67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80265,
    "c": 0.15254,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C53C

secondary

#333576

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C53C

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

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