#C9C63A#C9C63A

#C9C63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.155 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C63A
RGB	rgb(201, 198, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -15.09, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 68.09, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0483 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.155 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0469, 53.1126, 11.8810)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C63A #3A3DC9

analogous

#C97E3A #C9C63A #84C93A

triadic

#C9C63A #3AC9C6 #C63AC9

tetradic

#C9C63A #3AC97E #3A3DC9 #C93A84

square

#C9C63A #3AC97E #3A3DC9 #C93A84

split-complementary

#C9C63A #3A84C9 #7E3AC9

monochromatic

#6B6A1D #9B992B #C9C63A #D6D46A #E3E29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C9C63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C63A

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C63A	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 198, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.155 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd77a',
    500: '#c9c63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c63a;
$custom-light: #ddd77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80466,
    "c": 0.15474,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C63A

secondary

#323475

accent

#4BE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C63A

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

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