#C9CB3B#C9CB3B

#C9CB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.159 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9CB3B
RGBrgb(201, 203, 59)
HSLhsl(61, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(61, 71%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(1%, 0%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(79.30, -17.54, 67.35)
CIE-LCHlch(79.30, 69.60, 104.59°)
OKLaboklab(81.55% -0.0551 0.1492)
OKLCHoklch(81.55% 0.159 110.3)
XYZxyz(46.2343, 55.4464, 12.4036)
Luminance0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9CB3B #3D3BCB
analogous
#CB853B #C9CB3B #81CB3B
triadic
#C9CB3B #3BC9CB #CB3BC9
tetradic
#C9CB3B #3BCB85 #3D3BCB #CB3B81
square
#C9CB3B #3BCB85 #3D3BCB #CB3B81
split-complementary
#C9CB3B #3B81CB #853BCB
monochromatic
#6D6E1D #9D9F2A #C9CB3B #D6D86B #E4E59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#C9CB3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09
#C9CB3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB3B
12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9CB3B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9CB3B1.001.7412.0912.09
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0921.001.001.00
##00000012.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC221
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC646
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7BEAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9cb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.159 110.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda7b',
    500: '#c9cb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9cb3b;
$custom-light: #ddda7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9cb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.833,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81551,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9CB3B
secondary
#333378
accent
#47E149
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB3B

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#C9CB3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva