#C9CE49#C9CE49

#C9CE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.153 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9CE49
RGBrgb(201, 206, 73)
HSLhsl(62, 58%, 55%)
HSVhsv(62, 65%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(2.4%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(80.20, -18.27, 63.00)
CIE-LCHlch(80.20, 65.59, 106.17°)
OKLaboklab(82.31% -0.0557 0.1423)
OKLCHoklch(82.31% 0.153 111.4)
XYZxyz(47.3627, 57.0423, 14.8174)
Luminance0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9CE49 #4E49CE
analogous
#CE9149 #C9CE49 #86CE49
triadic
#C9CE49 #49C9CE #CE49C9
tetradic
#C9CE49 #49CE91 #4E49CE #CE4986
square
#C9CE49 #49CE91 #4E49CE #CE4986
split-complementary
#C9CE49 #4986CE #9149CE
monochromatic
#787B21 #A7AC2E #C9CE49 #D7DB79 #E6E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69
#C9CE49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41
#C9CE49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE49
12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9CE49#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9CE491.001.6912.4112.41
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4121.001.001.00
##00000012.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC537
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC952
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6C2B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9ce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.153 111.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc82',
    500: '#c9ce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9ce49;
$custom-light: #dcdc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9ce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.256,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82305,
    "c": 0.15282,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9CE49
secondary
#3B3883
accent
#47E14D
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15150B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

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#C9CE49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva