#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
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -18.27, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 65.59, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0557 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.153 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3627, 57.0423, 14.8174)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9CE49	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)

#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

Preview with #C9CE49

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

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