#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
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -15.01, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 64.38, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.047 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.148 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5866, 53.6954, 13.5920)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##C9C745	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9C745

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

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