#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
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -13.32, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 62.03, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0419 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.143 107)
XYZ	xyz(44.9986, 52.3667, 13.8671)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##C9C448	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9C448

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

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