#C9CD2C#C9CD2C

#C9CD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.169 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD2C
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -19.15, 72.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 75.02, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0608 0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.169 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3750, 56.2633, 10.7994)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD2C #302CCD

analogous

#CD812C #C9CD2C #79CD2C

triadic

#C9CD2C #2CC9CD #CD2CC9

tetradic

#C9CD2C #2CCD81 #302CCD #CD2C79

square

#C9CD2C #2CCD81 #302CCD #CD2C79

split-complementary

#C9CD2C #2C79CD #812CCD

monochromatic

#666816 #989B21 #C9CD2C #D8DC5B #E4E78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C9CD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD2C

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD2C	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.169 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc74',
    500: '#c9cd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd2c;
$custom-light: #dedc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.491,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81899,
    "c": 0.16888,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD2C

secondary

#2D2B72

accent

#40E844

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD2C

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

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