#C9C838#C9C838

#C9C838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.158 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C838
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -16.18, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 69.51, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0515 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.158 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4571, 54.0130, 11.7716)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C838 #3839C9

analogous

#C97F38 #C9C838 #82C938

triadic

#C9C838 #38C9C8 #C838C9

tetradic

#C9C838 #38C97F #3839C9 #C93882

square

#C9C838 #38C97F #3839C9 #C93882

split-complementary

#C9C838 #3882C9 #7F38C9

monochromatic

#6A691D #9A992A #C9C838 #D6D568 #E3E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C9C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#C9C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C838

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C838	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)

#D8C01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.158 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd879',
    500: '#c9c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c838;
$custom-light: #ddd879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80883,
    "c": 0.15785,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C838

secondary

#313274

accent

#48E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C838

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

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