#C9CD48#C9CD48

#C9CD48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.152 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD48
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 72)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -17.83, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 65.58, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0546 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.152 111)
XYZ	xyz(47.0898, 56.5492, 14.5642)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD48 #4C48CD

analogous

#CD8F48 #C9CD48 #86CD48

triadic

#C9CD48 #48C9CD #CD48C9

tetradic

#C9CD48 #48CD8F #4C48CD #CD4886

square

#C9CD48 #48CD8F #4C48CD #CD4886

split-complementary

#C9CD48 #4886CD #8F48CD

monochromatic

#777921 #A6A92E #C9CD48 #D7DA78 #E5E7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#C9CD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD48

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD48	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.152 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc82',
    500: '#c9cd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd48;
$custom-light: #dddc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.805,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8208,
    "c": 0.15249,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD48

secondary

#3A3882

accent

#47E04C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD48

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

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