#C9C445#C9C445

#C9C445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.146 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C445
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -13.50, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 63.23, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0427 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.146 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9031, 52.3285, 13.3642)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C445 #454AC9

analogous

#C98245 #C9C445 #8CC945

triadic

#C9C445 #45C9C4 #C445C9

tetradic

#C9C445 #45C982 #454AC9 #C9458C

square

#C9C445 #45C982 #454AC9 #C9458C

split-complementary

#C9C445 #458CC9 #8245C9

monochromatic

#726F21 #A29D2F #C9C445 #D7D374 #E5E2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C9C445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#C9C445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C445

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C445	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.146 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd57f',
    500: '#c9c445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c445;
$custom-light: #ddd57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80119,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C445

secondary

#37397B

accent

#4FDE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C445

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

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