#C9C44B#C9C44B

#C9C44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.141 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C44B
RGBrgb(201, 196, 75)
HSLhsl(58, 54%, 54%)
HSVhsv(58, 63%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.5%, 62.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.52, -13.14, 59.36)
CIE-LCHlch(77.52, 60.80, 102.48°)
OKLaboklab(80.17% -0.0411 0.1349)
OKLCHoklch(80.17% 0.141 106.9)
XYZxyz(45.0989, 52.4068, 14.3951)
Luminance0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C44B #4B50C9
analogous
#C9854B #C9C44B #8FC94B
triadic
#C9C44B #4BC9C4 #C44BC9
tetradic
#C9C44B #4BC985 #4B50C9 #C94B8F
square
#C9C44B #4BC985 #4B50C9 #C94B8F
split-complementary
#C9C44B #4B8FC9 #854BC9
monochromatic
#767323 #A5A132 #C9C44B #D7D37A #E5E3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#C9C44B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48
#C9C44B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C44B
11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C44B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C44B1.001.8311.4811.48
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4821.001.001.00
##00000011.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4BD3C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C252
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7B8AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.141 106.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd583',
    500: '#c9c44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c44b;
$custom-light: #dcd583;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80171,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C44B
secondary
#393C7F
accent
#50DD4B
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140B
muted
#84837E

Preview Lab

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#C9C44B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva