#C9DB48#C9DB48

#C9DB48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.168 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB48
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 72)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 67.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -24.66, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 71.40, 110.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0737 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.168 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5898, 63.5491, 15.7308)
Luminance	0.6355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB48 #5A48DB

analogous

#DBA448 #C9DB48 #80DB48

triadic

#C9DB48 #48C9DB #DB48C9

tetradic

#C9DB48 #48DBA4 #5A48DB #DB4880

square

#C9DB48 #48DBA4 #5A48DB #DB4880

split-complementary

#C9DB48 #4880DB #A448DB

monochromatic

#7F8D1C #ADC026 #C9DB48 #D8E57B #E7EFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#C9DB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB48

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB48	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.168 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde683',
    500: '#c9db48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db48;
$custom-light: #dde683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.347,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85127,
    "c": 0.16767,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB48

secondary

#403592

accent

#3EEA53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB48

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

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