#C9C845#C9C845

#C9C845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.149 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C845
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -15.51, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 64.77, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0484 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.149 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8174, 54.1571, 13.6689)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C845 #4546C9

analogous

#C98645 #C9C845 #88C945

triadic

#C9C845 #45C9C8 #C845C9

tetradic

#C9C845 #45C986 #4546C9 #C94588

square

#C9C845 #45C986 #4546C9 #C94588

split-complementary

#C9C845 #4588C9 #8645C9

monochromatic

#727221 #A2A12F #C9C845 #D7D674 #E5E4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C9C845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#C9C845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C845

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C845	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#D8C033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.149 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd880',
    500: '#c9c845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c845;
$custom-light: #ddd880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80977,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C845

secondary

#37377B

accent

#4BDE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C845

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

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