#C9C848#C9C848

#C9C848 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.147 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C848
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -15.34, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 63.58, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0476 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.147 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9129, 54.1953, 14.1718)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C848 #4849C9

analogous

#C98748 #C9C848 #89C948

triadic

#C9C848 #48C9C8 #C848C9

tetradic

#C9C848 #48C987 #4849C9 #C94889

square

#C9C848 #48C987 #4849C9 #C94889

split-complementary

#C9C848 #4889C9 #8748C9

monochromatic

#747422 #A4A330 #C9C848 #D7D677 #E5E4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C9C848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C9C848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C848

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C848	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)

#D8C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.147 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd881',
    500: '#c9c848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c848;
$custom-light: #dcd881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81002,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C848

secondary

#38397D

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C848

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →