#C9CB41#C9CB41

#C9CB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.155 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CB41
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 68%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -17.23, 65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 67.45, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0536 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.155 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3990, 55.5123, 13.2708)
Luminance	0.5551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB41 #4341CB

analogous

#CB8841 #C9CB41 #84CB41

triadic

#C9CB41 #41C9CB #CB41C9

tetradic

#C9CB41 #41CB88 #4341CB #CB4184

square

#C9CB41 #41CB88 #4341CB #CB4184

split-complementary

#C9CB41 #4184CB #8841CB

monochromatic

#71721F #A1A22C #C9CB41 #D7D871 #E4E5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#C9CB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB41

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB41	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)

#DBC22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.155 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda7e',
    500: '#c9cb41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb41;
$custom-light: #ddda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81593,
    "c": 0.15525,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB41

secondary

#36357B

accent

#48E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB41

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

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