#C9C63D#C9C63D

#C9C63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.153 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C63D
RGB	rgb(201, 198, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -14.94, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 67.02, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0476 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.153 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1254, 53.1440, 12.2948)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C63D #3D40C9

analogous

#C9803D #C9C63D #86C93D

triadic

#C9C63D #3DC9C6 #C63DC9

tetradic

#C9C63D #3DC980 #3D40C9 #C93D86

square

#C9C63D #3DC980 #3D40C9 #C93D86

split-complementary

#C9C63D #3D86C9 #803DC9

monochromatic

#6D6C1E #9D9B2C #C9C63D #D6D46D #E4E29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#C9C63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C63D

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C63D	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 198, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.153 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd77b',
    500: '#c9c63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c63d;
$custom-light: #ddd77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80487,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C63D

secondary

#333577

accent

#4BE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C63D

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

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