#C9C044#C9C044

#C9C044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.142 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C044
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -11.53, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 62.14, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0372 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.142 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9821, 50.5357, 12.9053)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C044 #444DC9

analogous

#C97E44 #C9C044 #8FC944

triadic

#C9C044 #44C9C0 #C044C9

tetradic

#C9C044 #44C97E #444DC9 #C9448F

square

#C9C044 #44C97E #444DC9 #C9448F

split-complementary

#C9C044 #448FC9 #7E44C9

monochromatic

#726C21 #A1992F #C9C044 #D7D073 #E4E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9C044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C9C044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C044

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C044	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.142 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27e',
    500: '#c9c044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c044;
$custom-light: #ddd27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79256,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C044

secondary

#363B7B

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C044

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

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