#C9CB40#C9CB40

#C9CB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.156 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CB40
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -17.29, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 67.82, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0539 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.156 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3703, 55.5008, 13.1196)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB40 #4240CB

analogous

#CB8740 #C9CB40 #84CB40

triadic

#C9CB40 #40C9CB #CB40C9

tetradic

#C9CB40 #40CB87 #4240CB #CB4084

square

#C9CB40 #40CB87 #4240CB #CB4084

split-complementary

#C9CB40 #4084CB #8740CB

monochromatic

#70721F #A0A22C #C9CB40 #D7D870 #E4E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#C9CB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB40

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB40	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)

#DBC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.156 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda7d',
    500: '#c9cb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb40;
$custom-light: #ddda7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.863,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81586,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB40

secondary

#36357B

accent

#47E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB40

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

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