#C9CB3E#C9CB3E

#C9CB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.157 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CB3E
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -17.39, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 68.54, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0544 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.157 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3144, 55.4785, 12.8252)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB3E #403ECB

analogous

#CB873E #C9CB3E #83CB3E

triadic

#C9CB3E #3EC9CB #CB3EC9

tetradic

#C9CB3E #3ECB87 #403ECB #CB3E83

square

#C9CB3E #3ECB87 #403ECB #CB3E83

split-complementary

#C9CB3E #3E83CB #873ECB

monochromatic

#6F701E #9FA12B #C9CB3E #D6D86E #E4E59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#C9CB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB3E

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB3E	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.157 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda7c',
    500: '#c9cb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb3e;
$custom-light: #ddda7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.851,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81571,
    "c": 0.15719,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB3E

secondary

#353479

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB3E

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

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