#C9C645#C9C645

#C9C645 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.147 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C645
RGB	rgb(201, 198, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -14.51, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 63.99, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0456 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.147 108)
XYZ	xyz(45.3572, 53.2368, 13.5155)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C645 #4548C9

analogous

#C98445 #C9C645 #8AC945

triadic

#C9C645 #45C9C6 #C645C9

tetradic

#C9C645 #45C984 #4548C9 #C9458A

square

#C9C645 #45C984 #4548C9 #C9458A

split-complementary

#C9C645 #458AC9 #8445C9

monochromatic

#727121 #A29F2F #C9C645 #D7D574 #E5E3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9C645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#C9C645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C645

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C645	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 198, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.147 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd77f',
    500: '#c9c645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c645;
$custom-light: #ddd77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80548,
    "c": 0.14748,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.53235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C645

secondary

#37387B

accent

#4DDE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C645

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

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