#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
RGBrgb(201, 196, 77)
HSLhsl(58, 53%, 55%)
HSVhsv(58, 62%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.5%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.54, -13.01, 58.53)
CIE-LCHlch(77.54, 59.96, 102.53°)
OKLaboklab(80.19% -0.0405 0.1335)
OKLCHoklch(80.19% 0.139 106.9)
XYZxyz(45.1684, 52.4346, 14.7613)
Luminance0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9C44D1.001.8311.4911.49
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4921.001.001.00
##00000011.4921.001.001.00

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

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#C9C44D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva