#C9C834#C9C834

#C9C834 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.160 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C834
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -16.36, 68.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 70.83, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0524 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.16 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3632, 53.9754, 11.2769)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C834 #3435C9

analogous

#C97D34 #C9C834 #80C934

triadic

#C9C834 #34C9C8 #C834C9

tetradic

#C9C834 #34C97D #3435C9 #C93480

square

#C9C834 #34C97D #3435C9 #C93480

split-complementary

#C9C834 #3480C9 #7D34C9

monochromatic

#68671B #989827 #C9C834 #D7D663 #E3E394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9C834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#C9C834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C834

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C834	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)

#D8C012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.160 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd877',
    500: '#c9c834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c834;
$custom-light: #ddd877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80859,
    "c": 0.1601,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C834

secondary

#2F3072

accent

#47E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C834

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

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