#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
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -16.09, 66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 68.82, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0511 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.157 109)
XYZ	xyz(45.5070, 54.0329, 12.0344)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9C83A	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9C83A

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

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