#C9C545#C9C545

#C9C545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.146 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C545
RGB	rgb(201, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -14.00, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 63.61, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0441 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.146 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1294, 52.7811, 13.4396)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C545 #4549C9

analogous

#C98345 #C9C545 #8BC945

triadic

#C9C545 #45C9C5 #C545C9

tetradic

#C9C545 #45C983 #4549C9 #C9458B

square

#C9C545 #45C983 #4549C9 #C9458B

split-complementary

#C9C545 #458BC9 #8345C9

monochromatic

#727021 #A29E2F #C9C545 #D7D474 #E5E3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C9C545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#C9C545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C545

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C545	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.146 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd67f',
    500: '#c9c545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c545;
$custom-light: #ddd67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80333,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C545

secondary

#37397B

accent

#4EDE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C545

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

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