#C9C53D#C9C53D

#C9C53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.152 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C53D
RGBrgb(201, 197, 61)
HSLhsl(58, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(58, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.69, -14.44, 65.07)
CIE-LCHlch(77.69, 66.65, 102.51°)
OKLaboklab(80.27% -0.0462 0.1447)
OKLCHoklch(80.27% 0.152 107.7)
XYZxyz(44.8976, 52.6884, 12.2188)
Luminance0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C53D #3D41C9
analogous
#C97F3D #C9C53D #87C93D
triadic
#C9C53D #3DC9C5 #C53DC9
tetradic
#C9C53D #3DC97F #3D41C9 #C93D87
square
#C9C53D #3DC97F #3D41C9 #C93D87
split-complementary
#C9C53D #3D87C9 #7F3DC9
monochromatic
#6D6B1E #9D9A2C #C9C53D #D6D36D #E4E29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#C9C53D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54
#C9C53D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C53D
11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C53D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C53D1.001.8211.5411.54
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5421.001.001.00
##00000011.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BD27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C247
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7B8AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 197, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.152 107.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd67b',
    500: '#c9c53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c53d;
$custom-light: #ddd67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80272,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C53D
secondary
#333577
accent
#4CE048
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C9C53D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva