#C9C74A#C9C74A

#C9C74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.145 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C74A
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 63.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -14.71, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 62.38, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0456 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.145 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7484, 53.7601, 14.4441)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C74A #4A4CC9

analogous

#C9884A #C9C74A #8CC94A

triadic

#C9C74A #4AC9C7 #C74AC9

tetradic

#C9C74A #4AC988 #4A4CC9 #C94A8C

square

#C9C74A #4AC988 #4A4CC9 #C94A8C

split-complementary

#C9C74A #4A8CC9 #884AC9

monochromatic

#767423 #A5A331 #C9C74A #D7D679 #E5E4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C9C74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#C9C74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C74A

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C74A	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.145 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd782',
    500: '#c9c74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c74a;
$custom-light: #dcd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80805,
    "c": 0.1448,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C74A

secondary

#393A7E

accent

#4DDD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C74A

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

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