#C9C548#C9C548

#C9C548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.144 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C548
RGB	rgb(201, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -13.83, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 62.41, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0433 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.144 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2249, 52.8193, 13.9425)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C548 #484CC9

analogous

#C98448 #C9C548 #8CC948

triadic

#C9C548 #48C9C5 #C548C9

tetradic

#C9C548 #48C984 #484CC9 #C9488C

square

#C9C548 #48C984 #484CC9 #C9488C

split-complementary

#C9C548 #488CC9 #8448C9

monochromatic

#747222 #A4A030 #C9C548 #D7D477 #E5E3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C9C548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#C9C548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C548

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C548	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.144 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd681',
    500: '#c9c548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c548;
$custom-light: #dcd681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80358,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C548

secondary

#383A7D

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C548

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

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