#C9C145#C9C145

#C9C145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.143 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C145
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -11.98, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 62.11, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0384 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.143 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2332, 50.9887, 13.1409)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C145 #454DC9

analogous

#C97F45 #C9C145 #8FC945

triadic

#C9C145 #45C9C1 #C145C9

tetradic

#C9C145 #45C97F #454DC9 #C9458F

square

#C9C145 #45C97F #454DC9 #C9458F

split-complementary

#C9C145 #458FC9 #7F45C9

monochromatic

#726D21 #A29B2F #C9C145 #D7D174 #E5E1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#C9C145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C145

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C145	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)

#D1BA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.143 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd37f',
    500: '#c9c145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c145;
$custom-light: #ddd37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79478,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C145

secondary

#373B7B

accent

#52DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C145

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

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