#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
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 62.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -13.14, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 60.80, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0411 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.141 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0989, 52.4068, 14.3951)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9C44B	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9C44B

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

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