#C9CB43#C9CB43

#C9CB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.154 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9CB43
RGBrgb(201, 203, 67)
HSLhsl(61, 57%, 53%)
HSVhsv(61, 67%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(1%, 0%, 67%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(79.35, -17.12, 64.47)
CIE-LCHlch(79.35, 66.70, 104.88°)
OKLaboklab(81.61% -0.0531 0.1445)
OKLCHoklch(81.61% 0.154 110.2)
XYZxyz(46.4580, 55.5359, 13.5813)
Luminance0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9CB43 #4543CB
analogous
#CB8943 #C9CB43 #85CB43
triadic
#C9CB43 #43C9CB #CB43C9
tetradic
#C9CB43 #43CB89 #4543CB #CB4385
square
#C9CB43 #43CB89 #4543CB #CB4385
split-complementary
#C9CB43 #4385CB #8943CB
monochromatic
#727420 #A2A42D #C9CB43 #D7D873 #E5E6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73
#C9CB43 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11
#C9CB43 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB43
12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9CB43#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9CB431.001.7312.1112.11
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1121.001.001.00
##00000012.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC22F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC64C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7BFB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9cb43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.154 110.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda7f',
    500: '#c9cb43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9cb43;
$custom-light: #ddda7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9cb43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81608,
    "c": 0.15391,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9CB43
secondary
#37367C
accent
#48E04A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140B
muted
#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB43

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#C9CB43 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva