#C9C91A#C9C91A

#C9C91A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.172 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C91A
RGB	rgb(201, 201, 26)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 87.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -17.67, 75.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 77.81, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0578 0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.172 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1623, 54.2668, 9.0726)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C91A #1A1AC9

analogous

#C9721A #C9C91A #72C91A

triadic

#C9C91A #1AC9C9 #C91AC9

tetradic

#C9C91A #1AC972 #1A1AC9 #C91A72

square

#C9C91A #1AC972 #1A1AC9 #C91A72

split-complementary

#C9C91A #1A72C9 #721AC9

monochromatic

#5D5D0C #939313 #C9C91A #E6E63B #EDED71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C9C91A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#C9C91A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C91A

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C91A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C91A	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC52F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c91a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 201, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.172 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded96d',
    500: '#c9c91a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c91a;
$custom-light: #ded96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c91a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 77.093,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80963,
    "c": 0.17166,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C91A

secondary

#1F1F68

accent

#34F434

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C91A

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

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