#C9CD49#C9CD49

#C9CD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; 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	#C9CD49
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -17.77, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 65.18, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0543 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.152 111)
XYZ	xyz(47.1227, 56.5624, 14.7374)
Luminance	0.5656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD49 #4D49CD

analogous

#CD8F49 #C9CD49 #87CD49

triadic

#C9CD49 #49C9CD #CD49C9

tetradic

#C9CD49 #49CD8F #4D49CD #CD4987

square

#C9CD49 #49CD8F #4D49CD #CD4987

split-complementary

#C9CD49 #4987CD #8F49CD

monochromatic

#777A22 #A6AA2F #C9CD49 #D7DA79 #E5E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#C9CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD49

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD49	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)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.152 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc82',
    500: '#c9cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd49;
$custom-light: #dcdc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82088,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD49

secondary

#3A3882

accent

#48E04C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD49

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

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