#C9C44D#C9C44D

#C9C44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.139 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C44D
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -13.01, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 59.96, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0405 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.139 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1684, 52.4346, 14.7613)
Luminance	0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C44D #4D52C9

analogous

#C9864D #C9C44D #90C94D

triadic

#C9C44D #4DC9C4 #C44DC9

tetradic

#C9C44D #4DC986 #4D52C9 #C94D90

square

#C9C44D #4DC986 #4D52C9 #C94D90

split-complementary

#C9C44D #4D90C9 #864DC9

monochromatic

#777424 #A6A232 #C9C44D #D7D47C #E5E3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C9C44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#C9C44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C44D

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C44D	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.139 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd584',
    500: '#c9c44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c44d;
$custom-light: #dcd584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80189,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C44D

secondary

#3A3D80

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C44D

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

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