#C9CE48#C9CE48

#C9CE48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.154 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE48
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 72)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -18.33, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 65.98, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.056 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.154 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3298, 57.0291, 14.6441)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE48 #4D48CE

analogous

#CE9048 #C9CE48 #86CE48

triadic

#C9CE48 #48C9CE #CE48C9

tetradic

#C9CE48 #48CE90 #4D48CE #CE4886

square

#C9CE48 #48CE90 #4D48CE #CE4886

split-complementary

#C9CE48 #4886CE #9048CE

monochromatic

#777B21 #A6AB2E #C9CE48 #D7DB78 #E5E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C9CE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#C9CE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE48

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE48	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.154 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc82',
    500: '#c9ce48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce48;
$custom-light: #dddc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.239,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82296,
    "c": 0.15354,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE48

secondary

#3A3783

accent

#47E14D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE48

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

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