#C9C045#C9C045

#C9C045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.142 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C045
RGB	rgb(201, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -11.47, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 61.74, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.037 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.142 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0129, 50.5480, 13.0674)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C045 #454EC9

analogous

#C97E45 #C9C045 #90C945

triadic

#C9C045 #45C9C0 #C045C9

tetradic

#C9C045 #45C97E #454EC9 #C94590

square

#C9C045 #45C97E #454EC9 #C94590

split-complementary

#C9C045 #4590C9 #7E45C9

monochromatic

#726D21 #A29A2F #C9C045 #D7D074 #E5E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C9C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C045

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C045	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)

#D0B935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.142 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd27f',
    500: '#c9c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c045;
$custom-light: #ddd27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79265,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C045

secondary

#373B7B

accent

#54DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C045

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

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