#C9CB39#C9CB39

#C9CB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.160 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CB39
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 57)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -17.63, 68.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 70.28, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0555 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.16 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1835, 55.4261, 12.1356)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB39 #3B39CB

analogous

#CB8439 #C9CB39 #80CB39

triadic

#C9CB39 #39C9CB #CB39C9

tetradic

#C9CB39 #39CB84 #3B39CB #CB3980

square

#C9CB39 #39CB84 #3B39CB #CB3980

split-complementary

#C9CB39 #3980CB #8439CB

monochromatic

#6C6D1D #9C9D29 #C9CB39 #D6D869 #E3E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#C9CB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB39

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB39	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.160 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda7a',
    500: '#c9cb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb39;
$custom-light: #ddda7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81538,
    "c": 0.16022,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB39

secondary

#333276

accent

#46E248

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB39

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

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