#C9CB45#C9CB45

#C9CB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; 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	#C9CB45
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -17.01, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 65.94, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0526 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.153 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5190, 55.5603, 13.9028)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB45 #4745CB

analogous

#CB8A45 #C9CB45 #86CB45

triadic

#C9CB45 #45C9CB #CB45C9

tetradic

#C9CB45 #45CB8A #4745CB #CB4586

square

#C9CB45 #45CB8A #4745CB #CB4586

split-complementary

#C9CB45 #4586CB #8A45CB

monochromatic

#747521 #A3A52E #C9CB45 #D7D875 #E5E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C9CB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C9CB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB45

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB45	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)

#DBC232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.153 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda80',
    500: '#c9cb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb45;
$custom-light: #ddda80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81624,
    "c": 0.15253,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB45

secondary

#38377E

accent

#48E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB45

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

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