#C9CB33#C9CB33

#C9CB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.164 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CB33
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 74.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -17.89, 69.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 72.24, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0568 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.164 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0425, 55.3697, 11.3934)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB33 #3533CB

analogous

#CB8133 #C9CB33 #7DCB33

triadic

#C9CB33 #33C9CB #CB33C9

tetradic

#C9CB33 #33CB81 #3533CB #CB337D

square

#C9CB33 #33CB81 #3533CB #CB337D

split-complementary

#C9CB33 #337DCB #8133CB

monochromatic

#68691A #999A27 #C9CB33 #D6D863 #E3E494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#C9CB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB33

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB33	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC20C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.164 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda77',
    500: '#c9cb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb33;
$custom-light: #ddda77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.789,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81502,
    "c": 0.16354,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB33

secondary

#302F73

accent

#45E347

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB33

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

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