#C9C836#C9C836

#C9C836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.159 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C836
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -16.27, 68.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 70.18, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.052 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.159 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4092, 53.9938, 11.5192)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C836 #3637C9

analogous

#C97F36 #C9C836 #80C936

triadic

#C9C836 #36C9C8 #C836C9

tetradic

#C9C836 #36C97F #3637C9 #C93680

square

#C9C836 #36C97F #3637C9 #C93680

split-complementary

#C9C836 #3680C9 #7F36C9

monochromatic

#69681C #999829 #C9C836 #D6D566 #E3E296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9C836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#C9C836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C836

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C836	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.159 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd878',
    500: '#c9c836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c836;
$custom-light: #ddd878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80871,
    "c": 0.159,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C836

secondary

#313173

accent

#48E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C836

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

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