#C9C831#C9C831

#C9C831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.162 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C831
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -16.48, 69.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 71.77, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.053 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.162 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2978, 53.9492, 10.9323)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C831 #3132C9

analogous

#C97C31 #C9C831 #7EC931

triadic

#C9C831 #31C9C8 #C831C9

tetradic

#C9C831 #31C97C #3132C9 #C9317E

square

#C9C831 #31C97C #3132C9 #C9317E

split-complementary

#C9C831 #317EC9 #7C31C9

monochromatic

#676619 #989725 #C9C831 #D8D75F #E4E390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9C831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C9C831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C831

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C831	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.162 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd875',
    500: '#c9c831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c831;
$custom-light: #ddd875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.605,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80842,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C831

secondary

#2D2E71

accent

#45E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C831

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

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