#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
RGBrgb(201, 193, 70)
HSLhsl(56, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(56, 65%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.68, -11.92, 60.54)
CIE-LCHlch(76.68, 61.71, 101.14°)
OKLaboklab(79.49% -0.0382 0.1367)
OKLCHoklch(79.49% 0.142 105.6)
XYZxyz(44.2645, 51.0012, 13.3057)
Luminance0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##C9C1461.001.8811.2011.20
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2021.001.001.00
##00000011.2021.001.001.00

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

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#C9C146 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva