#C9C448#C9C448

#C9C448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.143 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C448
RGBrgb(201, 196, 72)
HSLhsl(58, 54%, 54%)
HSVhsv(58, 64%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.5%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.50, -13.32, 60.58)
CIE-LCHlch(77.50, 62.03, 102.40°)
OKLaboklab(80.14% -0.0419 0.137)
OKLCHoklch(80.14% 0.143 107)
XYZxyz(44.9986, 52.3667, 13.8671)
Luminance0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C448 #484DC9
analogous
#C98348 #C9C448 #8DC948
triadic
#C9C448 #48C9C4 #C448C9
tetradic
#C9C448 #48C983 #484DC9 #C9488D
square
#C9C448 #48C983 #484DC9 #C9488D
split-complementary
#C9C448 #488DC9 #8348C9
monochromatic
#747122 #A49F30 #C9C448 #D7D377 #E5E2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#C9C448 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47
#C9C448 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C448
11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C448#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C4481.001.8311.4711.47
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4721.001.001.00
##00000011.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4BD38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C250
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7B8AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.143 107.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd581',
    500: '#c9c448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c448;
$custom-light: #dcd581;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80144,
    "c": 0.14331,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.52365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C448
secondary
#383B7D
accent
#50DE4A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140B
muted
#84837E

Preview Lab

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#C9C448 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva