#c9c812

Color #c9c812

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 20.4 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#c9c812

RGB

rgb(201, 200, 18)

HSL

hsl(59.7, 83.6%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(59.7, 91%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 91%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(78.33, -17.31, 76.86)

LCH

lch(78.33, 78.79, 102.69)

OKLCH

oklch(80.7%, 0.1727, 109.35)

HWB

hwb(59.7, 7.1%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1213c9

Analogous

#c96c12

#c9c812

#6ec912

Triadic

#c9c812

#12c9c8

#c812c9

Split-complementary

#c9c812

#126ec9

#6c12c9

Tetradic

#c9c812

#13c912

#1213c9

#c812c9

Square

#c9c812

#12c96c

#1213c9

#c9126e

Shades

Color #c9c812 mixed toward black.

#a7a70f

#86850c

#646409

#434306

#212103

Tints

Color #c9c812 mixed toward white.

#ebea20

#efee4d

#f3f279

#f7f7a6

#fbfbd2

Tones

Color #c9c812 mixed toward gray.

#bab921

#aaaa30

#9b9b40

#8c8c4f

#7d7c5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c96a · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#c9c975 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#c98a90 · ΔE 46.3

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9c812;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9c812]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9c812 (#c9c812) is rgb(201, 200, 18) in RGB.

No, #c9c812 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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