#C9C146#C9C146

#C9C146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.142 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C146
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -11.92, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 61.71, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0382 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.142 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2645, 51.0012, 13.3057)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C146 #464EC9

analogous

#C97F46 #C9C146 #8FC946

triadic

#C9C146 #46C9C1 #C146C9

tetradic

#C9C146 #46C97F #464EC9 #C9468F

square

#C9C146 #46C97F #464EC9 #C9468F

split-complementary

#C9C146 #468FC9 #7F46C9

monochromatic

#736E22 #A29B2F #C9C146 #D7D175 #E5E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C9C146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#C9C146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C146

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C146	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)

#D1BA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.142 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd380',
    500: '#c9c146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c146;
$custom-light: #ddd380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79486,
    "c": 0.14189,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C146

secondary

#373B7C

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C146

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

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