#C9CB34#C9CB34

#C9CB34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.163 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CB34
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 52)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 74.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -17.85, 69.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 71.92, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0566 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.163 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0648, 55.3786, 11.5107)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB34 #3634CB

analogous

#CB8234 #C9CB34 #7DCB34

triadic

#C9CB34 #34C9CB #CB34C9

tetradic

#C9CB34 #34CB82 #3634CB #CB347D

square

#C9CB34 #34CB82 #3634CB #CB347D

split-complementary

#C9CB34 #347DCB #8234CB

monochromatic

#696A1B #999A28 #C9CB34 #D6D765 #E3E495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#C9CB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB34

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB34	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.163 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda77',
    500: '#c9cb34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb34;
$custom-light: #ddda77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.795,
    "s": 59.216,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81507,
    "c": 0.16301,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB34

secondary

#313073

accent

#45E247

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB34

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

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