#C9C245#C9C245

#C9C245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.144 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C245
RGB	rgb(201, 194, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -12.49, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 62.48, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0399 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.144 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4550, 51.4323, 13.2148)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C245 #454CC9

analogous

#C98045 #C9C245 #8EC945

triadic

#C9C245 #45C9C2 #C245C9

tetradic

#C9C245 #45C980 #454CC9 #C9458E

square

#C9C245 #45C980 #454CC9 #C9458E

split-complementary

#C9C245 #458EC9 #8045C9

monochromatic

#726E21 #A29C2F #C9C245 #D7D274 #E5E1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C9C245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#C9C245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C245

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C245	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 194, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.144 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd47f',
    500: '#c9c245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c245;
$custom-light: #ddd47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79691,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C245

secondary

#373A7B

accent

#51DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C245

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

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