#C9C81A#C9C81A

#C9C81A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.171 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C81A
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 26)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 87.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -17.17, 75.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 77.49, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0565 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.171 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9300, 53.8021, 8.9952)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C81A #1A1BC9

analogous

#C9711A #C9C81A #73C91A

triadic

#C9C81A #1AC9C8 #C81AC9

tetradic

#C9C81A #1AC971 #1A1BC9 #C91A73

square

#C9C81A #1AC971 #1A1BC9 #C91A73

split-complementary

#C9C81A #1A73C9 #711AC9

monochromatic

#5D5C0C #939213 #C9C81A #E6E53B #EDEC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C9C81A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#C9C81A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C81A

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C81A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C81A	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c81a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.171 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded86d',
    500: '#c9c81a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c81a;
$custom-light: #ded86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c81a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.657,
    "s": 77.093,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80746,
    "c": 0.17074,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C81A

secondary

#1F2068

accent

#35F434

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C81A

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

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