#C9C847#C9C847

#C9C847 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.148 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C847
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 71)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -15.40, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 63.98, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0479 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.148 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8805, 54.1823, 14.0014)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C847 #4748C9

analogous

#C98747 #C9C847 #89C947

triadic

#C9C847 #47C9C8 #C847C9

tetradic

#C9C847 #47C987 #4748C9 #C94789

square

#C9C847 #47C987 #4748C9 #C94789

split-complementary

#C9C847 #4789C9 #8747C9

monochromatic

#747322 #A3A230 #C9C847 #D7D676 #E5E4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C9C847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C9C847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C847

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C847	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.148 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd881',
    500: '#c9c847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c847;
$custom-light: #ddd881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80994,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C847

secondary

#38387D

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C847

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

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