#C9CB49#C9CB49

#C9CB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.150 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CB49
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -16.78, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 64.38, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0515 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.15 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6474, 55.6117, 14.5789)
Luminance	0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB49 #4B49CB

analogous

#CB8C49 #C9CB49 #88CB49

triadic

#C9CB49 #49C9CB #CB49C9

tetradic

#C9CB49 #49CB8C #4B49CB #CB4988

square

#C9CB49 #49CB8C #4B49CB #CB4988

split-complementary

#C9CB49 #4988CB #8C49CB

monochromatic

#767722 #A5A730 #C9CB49 #D7D979 #E5E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C9CB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#C9CB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB49

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB49	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.150 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda82',
    500: '#c9cb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb49;
$custom-light: #dcda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81657,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB49

secondary

#393880

accent

#49DF4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB49

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

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