#C9C144#C9C144

#C9C144 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.143 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C144
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -12.04, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 62.51, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0387 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2024, 50.9764, 12.9788)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C144 #444CC9

analogous

#C97E44 #C9C144 #8EC944

triadic

#C9C144 #44C9C1 #C144C9

tetradic

#C9C144 #44C97E #444CC9 #C9448E

square

#C9C144 #44C97E #444CC9 #C9448E

split-complementary

#C9C144 #448EC9 #7E44C9

monochromatic

#726D21 #A19A2F #C9C144 #D7D173 #E4E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#C9C144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C144

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C144	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37e',
    500: '#c9c144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c144;
$custom-light: #ddd37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7947,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C144

secondary

#363A7B

accent

#52DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C144

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

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