#C9C149#C9C149

#C9C149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.140 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C149
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -11.74, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 60.48, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0373 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.14 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3616, 51.0400, 13.8170)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C149 #4951C9

analogous

#C98149 #C9C149 #91C949

triadic

#C9C149 #49C9C1 #C149C9

tetradic

#C9C149 #49C981 #4951C9 #C94991

square

#C9C149 #49C981 #4951C9 #C94991

split-complementary

#C9C149 #4991C9 #8149C9

monochromatic

#757023 #A49D31 #C9C149 #D7D178 #E5E1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C9C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#C9C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C149

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C149	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.140 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd381',
    500: '#c9c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c149;
$custom-light: #dcd381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79513,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C149

secondary

#393D7E

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C149

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

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