#C9C846#C9C846

#C9C846 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	#C9C846
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -15.46, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 64.37, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0481 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.149 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8487, 54.1696, 13.8338)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C846 #4647C9

analogous

#C98646 #C9C846 #88C946

triadic

#C9C846 #46C9C8 #C846C9

tetradic

#C9C846 #46C986 #4647C9 #C94688

square

#C9C846 #46C986 #4647C9 #C94688

split-complementary

#C9C846 #4688C9 #8646C9

monochromatic

#737222 #A2A22F #C9C846 #D7D675 #E5E4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C9C846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#C9C846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C846

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C846	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)

#D8C034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.149 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd880',
    500: '#c9c846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c846;
$custom-light: #ddd880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80985,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C846

secondary

#37387C

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C846

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

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