#C9C832#C9C832

#C9C832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.161 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C832
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -16.44, 69.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 71.47, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0528 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.161 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3191, 53.9578, 11.0446)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C832 #3233C9

analogous

#C97D32 #C9C832 #7EC932

triadic

#C9C832 #32C9C8 #C832C9

tetradic

#C9C832 #32C97D #3233C9 #C9327E

square

#C9C832 #32C97D #3233C9 #C9327E

split-complementary

#C9C832 #327EC9 #7D32C9

monochromatic

#67661A #989726 #C9C832 #D8D761 #E4E392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9C832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C9C832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C832

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C832	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)

#D9C00B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.161 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd876',
    500: '#c9c832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c832;
$custom-light: #ddd876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.603,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80848,
    "c": 0.16116,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C832

secondary

#2E2F71

accent

#46E344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C832

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

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