#C9C736#C9C736

#C9C736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.158 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C736
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -15.77, 68.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 69.82, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0506 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.158 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1784, 53.5321, 11.4422)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C736 #3638C9

analogous

#C97E36 #C9C736 #81C936

triadic

#C9C736 #36C9C7 #C736C9

tetradic

#C9C736 #36C97E #3638C9 #C93681

square

#C9C736 #36C97E #3638C9 #C93681

split-complementary

#C9C736 #3681C9 #7E36C9

monochromatic

#69671C #999729 #C9C736 #D6D466 #E3E296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C9C736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#C9C736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C736

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C736	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.158 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd778',
    500: '#c9c736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c736;
$custom-light: #ddd778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.184,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80655,
    "c": 0.15804,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C736

secondary

#313273

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C736

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

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