#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
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -15.57, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 65.15, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0487 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.15 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7866, 54.1448, 13.5068)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9C844	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9C844

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

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