#C9CB3F#C9CB3F

#C9CB3F 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	#C9CB3F
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 63)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 69%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -17.34, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 68.18, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0541 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.157 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3421, 55.4895, 12.9711)
Luminance	0.5549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB3F #413FCB

analogous

#CB873F #C9CB3F #83CB3F

triadic

#C9CB3F #3FC9CB #CB3FC9

tetradic

#C9CB3F #3FCB87 #413FCB #CB3F83

square

#C9CB3F #3FCB87 #413FCB #CB3F83

split-complementary

#C9CB3F #3F83CB #873FCB

monochromatic

#70711F #9FA12C #C9CB3F #D7D86F #E4E59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CB3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#C9CB3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB3F

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB3F	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)

#DBC228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.157 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda7d',
    500: '#c9cb3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb3f;
$custom-light: #ddda7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81578,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB3F

secondary

#35347A

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB3F

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

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