#C9C844#C9C844

#C9C844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.150 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C844
RGBrgb(201, 200, 68)
HSLhsl(60, 55%, 53%)
HSVhsv(60, 66%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.55, -15.57, 63.26)
CIE-LCHlch(78.55, 65.15, 103.83°)
OKLaboklab(80.97% -0.0487 0.1421)
OKLCHoklch(80.97% 0.15 108.9)
XYZxyz(45.7866, 54.1448, 13.5068)
Luminance0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C844 #4445C9
analogous
#C98644 #C9C844 #87C944
triadic
#C9C844 #44C9C8 #C844C9
tetradic
#C9C844 #44C986 #4445C9 #C94487
square
#C9C844 #44C986 #4445C9 #C94487
split-complementary
#C9C844 #4487C9 #8644C9
monochromatic
#727121 #A1A02F #C9C844 #D7D673 #E4E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#C9C844 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83
#C9C844 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C844
11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C844#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C8441.001.7811.8311.83
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8321.001.001.00
##00000011.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C031
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC44D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7BCAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.150 108.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd87f',
    500: '#c9c844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c844;
$custom-light: #ddd87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80969,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C844
secondary
#36377B
accent
#4ADF49
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140B
muted
#84837E

Preview Lab

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#C9C844 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva