#C9C82A#C9C82A

#C9C82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.165 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C82A
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -16.73, 71.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 73.81, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0543 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.165 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1614, 53.8947, 10.2138)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C82A #2A2BC9

analogous

#C9792A #C9C82A #7AC92A

triadic

#C9C82A #2AC9C8 #C82AC9

tetradic

#C9C82A #2AC979 #2A2BC9 #C92A7A

square

#C9C82A #2AC979 #2A2BC9 #C92A7A

split-complementary

#C9C82A #2A7AC9 #792AC9

monochromatic

#646315 #96961F #C9C82A #DBDB55 #E6E587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9C82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#C9C82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C82A

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C82A	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.165 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded872',
    500: '#c9c82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c82a;
$custom-light: #ded872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.623,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80806,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C82A

secondary

#29296E

accent

#40E83F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C82A

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

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