#C9C745#C9C745

#C9C745 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.148 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C745
RGBrgb(201, 199, 69)
HSLhsl(59, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(59, 66%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.28, -15.01, 62.60)
CIE-LCHlch(78.28, 64.38, 103.48°)
OKLaboklab(80.76% -0.047 0.1408)
OKLCHoklch(80.76% 0.148 108.5)
XYZxyz(45.5866, 53.6954, 13.5920)
Luminance0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C745 #4547C9
analogous
#C98545 #C9C745 #89C945
triadic
#C9C745 #45C9C7 #C745C9
tetradic
#C9C745 #45C985 #4547C9 #C94589
square
#C9C745 #45C985 #4547C9 #C94589
split-complementary
#C9C745 #4589C9 #8545C9
monochromatic
#727121 #A2A02F #C9C745 #D7D574 #E5E4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#C9C745 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74
#C9C745 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C745
11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C745#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C7451.001.7911.7411.74
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7421.001.001.00
##00000011.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7BF33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C44E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7BBAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.148 108.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd780',
    500: '#c9c745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c745;
$custom-light: #ddd780;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80762,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C745
secondary
#37387B
accent
#4CDE49
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140B
muted
#84837E

Preview Lab

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#C9C745 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva