#C9CB4E#C9CB4E

#C9CB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.146 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CB4E
RGB	rgb(201, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -16.46, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 62.35, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0501 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.146 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8199, 55.6807, 15.4873)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CB4E #504ECB

analogous

#CB8E4E #C9CB4E #8ACB4E

triadic

#C9CB4E #4EC9CB #CB4EC9

tetradic

#C9CB4E #4ECB8E #504ECB #CB4E8A

square

#C9CB4E #4ECB8E #504ECB #CB4E8A

split-complementary

#C9CB4E #4E8ACB #8E4ECB

monochromatic

#797B24 #A8AA32 #C9CB4E #D7D97D #E6E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C9CB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#C9CB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CB4E

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CB4E	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.146 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcda85',
    500: '#c9cb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cb4e;
$custom-light: #dcda85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.96,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81701,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CB4E

secondary

#3C3A83

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CB4E

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

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