#C9C72A#C9C72A

#C9C72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.164 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C72A
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -16.24, 71.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 73.46, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0529 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.164 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9305, 53.4330, 10.1369)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C72A #2A2CC9

analogous

#C9772A #C9C72A #7CC92A

triadic

#C9C72A #2AC9C7 #C72AC9

tetradic

#C9C72A #2AC977 #2A2CC9 #C92A7C

square

#C9C72A #2AC977 #2A2CC9 #C92A7C

split-complementary

#C9C72A #2A7CC9 #772AC9

monochromatic

#646315 #96951F #C9C72A #DBDA55 #E6E587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9C72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C9C72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C72A

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C72A	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.164 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded772',
    500: '#c9c72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c72a;
$custom-light: #ded772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.245,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8059,
    "c": 0.16405,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C72A

secondary

#292A6E

accent

#42E83F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C72A

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

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