#C9CB44#C9CB44

#C9CB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.153 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CB44
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 68)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 66.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -17.07, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 66.32, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0529 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.153 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4882, 55.5480, 13.7407)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB44 #4644CB

analogous

#CB8944 #C9CB44 #85CB44

triadic

#C9CB44 #44C9CB #CB44C9

tetradic

#C9CB44 #44CB89 #4644CB #CB4485

square

#C9CB44 #44CB89 #4644CB #CB4485

split-complementary

#C9CB44 #4485CB #8944CB

monochromatic

#737420 #A2A42E #C9CB44 #D7D874 #E5E6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C9CB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C9CB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB44

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB44	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.153 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda7f',
    500: '#c9cb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb44;
$custom-light: #ddda7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.889,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81616,
    "c": 0.15323,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB44

secondary

#37367D

accent

#48E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB44

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

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