#C9DC48#C9DC48

#C9DC48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.169 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DC48
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 72)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -25.14, 67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 71.83, 110.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0751 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.169 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8515, 64.0725, 15.8180)
Luminance	0.6407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DC48 #5B48DC

analogous

#DCA548 #C9DC48 #7FDC48

triadic

#C9DC48 #48C9DC #DC48C9

tetradic

#C9DC48 #48DCA5 #5B48DC #DC487F

square

#C9DC48 #48DCA5 #5B48DC #DC487F

split-complementary

#C9DC48 #487FDC #A548DC

monochromatic

#808E1B #AEC225 #C9DC48 #D8E67B #E7F0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C9DC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#C9DC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DC48

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DC48	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.169 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde683',
    500: '#c9dc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dc48;
$custom-light: #dde683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.703,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85347,
    "c": 0.16877,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DC48

secondary

#413594

accent

#3DEB53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DC48

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

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