#C9C629#C9C629

#C9C629 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.164 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C629
RGB	rgb(201, 198, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 79.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -15.77, 71.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 73.40, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0516 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.164 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6835, 52.9673, 9.9674)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C629 #292CC9

analogous

#C97629 #C9C629 #7CC929

triadic

#C9C629 #29C9C6 #C629C9

tetradic

#C9C629 #29C976 #292CC9 #C9297C

square

#C9C629 #29C976 #292CC9 #C9297C

split-complementary

#C9C629 #297CC9 #7629C9

monochromatic

#636214 #96941F #C9C629 #DCD953 #E6E586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C629 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#C9C629 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C629

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C629	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C629	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c629;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 198, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.164 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded772',
    500: '#c9c629',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c629;
$custom-light: #ded772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c629",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.875,
    "s": 66.116,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8037,
    "c": 0.16357,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C629

secondary

#282A6E

accent

#42E93F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C629

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

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