#C9CB35#C9CB35

#C9CB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.162 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CB35
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -17.81, 69.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 71.60, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0564 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.162 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0876, 55.3877, 11.6306)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB35 #3735CB

analogous

#CB8235 #C9CB35 #7ECB35

triadic

#C9CB35 #35C9CB #CB35C9

tetradic

#C9CB35 #35CB82 #3735CB #CB357E

square

#C9CB35 #35CB82 #3735CB #CB357E

split-complementary

#C9CB35 #357ECB #8235CB

monochromatic

#696A1B #999B28 #C9CB35 #D6D866 #E3E496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#C9CB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB35

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB35	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)

#DBC213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.162 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda78',
    500: '#c9cb35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb35;
$custom-light: #ddda78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.8,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81513,
    "c": 0.16247,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB35

secondary

#313074

accent

#46E248

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB35

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

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