#C9C734#C9C734

#C9C734 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.159 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C734
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -15.86, 68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 70.47, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.051 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.159 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1324, 53.5137, 11.1999)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C734 #3436C9

analogous

#C97D34 #C9C734 #80C934

triadic

#C9C734 #34C9C7 #C734C9

tetradic

#C9C734 #34C97D #3436C9 #C93480

square

#C9C734 #34C97D #3436C9 #C93480

split-complementary

#C9C734 #3480C9 #7D34C9

monochromatic

#68671B #989727 #C9C734 #D7D563 #E3E294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C9C734 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C9C734 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C734

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C734	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C734	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c734;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.159 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd777',
    500: '#c9c734',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c734;
$custom-light: #ddd777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c734",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.195,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80643,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C734

secondary

#2F3072

accent

#48E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C734

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

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