#C9CD33#C9CD33

#C9CD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.166 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD33
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 51)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -18.88, 70.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 72.97, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0595 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.166 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5179, 56.3204, 11.5518)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD33 #3733CD

analogous

#CD8433 #C9CD33 #7CCD33

triadic

#C9CD33 #33C9CD #CD33C9

tetradic

#C9CD33 #33CD84 #3733CD #CD337C

square

#C9CD33 #33CD84 #3733CD #CD337C

split-complementary

#C9CD33 #337CCD #8433CD

monochromatic

#696B1A #999C26 #C9CD33 #D6D964 #E3E595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#C9CD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD33

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD33	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC40A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.166 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc77',
    500: '#c9cd33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd33;
$custom-light: #dddc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.558,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81935,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD33

secondary

#312F75

accent

#44E448

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD33

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

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