#C9C83A#C9C83A

#C9C83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.157 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C83A
RGBrgb(201, 200, 58)
HSLhsl(60, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(60, 71%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.48, -16.09, 66.92)
CIE-LCHlch(78.48, 68.82, 103.52°)
OKLaboklab(80.9% -0.0511 0.1481)
OKLCHoklch(80.9% 0.157 109)
XYZxyz(45.5070, 54.0329, 12.0344)
Luminance0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C83A #3A3BC9
analogous
#C9803A #C9C83A #83C93A
triadic
#C9C83A #3AC9C8 #C83AC9
tetradic
#C9C83A #3AC980 #3A3BC9 #C93A83
square
#C9C83A #3AC980 #3A3BC9 #C93A83
split-complementary
#C9C83A #3A83C9 #803AC9
monochromatic
#6B6B1D #9B9A2B #C9C83A #D6D56A #E3E39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#C9C83A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81
#C9C83A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C83A
11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C83A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C83A1.001.7811.8111.81
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8121.001.001.00
##00000011.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C020
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC445
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7BBAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.157 109.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd87a',
    500: '#c9c83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c83a;
$custom-light: #ddd87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.58,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80896,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.54032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C83A
secondary
#323375
accent
#49E048
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C9C83A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva