#C9CB37#C9CB37

#C9CB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.161 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CB37
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 72.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -17.72, 68.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 70.95, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0559 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.161 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1345, 55.4065, 11.8780)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB37 #3937CB

analogous

#CB8337 #C9CB37 #7FCB37

triadic

#C9CB37 #37C9CB #CB37C9

tetradic

#C9CB37 #37CB83 #3937CB #CB377F

square

#C9CB37 #37CB83 #3937CB #CB377F

split-complementary

#C9CB37 #377FCB #8337CB

monochromatic

#6B6C1C #9B9C29 #C9CB37 #D6D868 #E3E498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#C9CB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB37

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB37	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)

#DBC218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.161 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda79',
    500: '#c9cb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb37;
$custom-light: #ddda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.811,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81525,
    "c": 0.16137,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB37

secondary

#323175

accent

#46E248

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB37

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

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