#C9CD36#C9CD36

#C9CD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.164 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD36
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -18.76, 69.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 72.02, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0589 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.164 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5862, 56.3477, 11.9115)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD36 #3A36CD

analogous

#CD8536 #C9CD36 #7ECD36

triadic

#C9CD36 #36C9CD #CD36C9

tetradic

#C9CD36 #36CD85 #3A36CD #CD367E

square

#C9CD36 #36CD85 #3A36CD #CD367E

split-complementary

#C9CD36 #367ECD #8536CD

monochromatic

#6B6D1B #9B9E27 #C9CD36 #D6D967 #E3E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#C9CD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD36

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD36	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.164 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc78',
    500: '#c9cd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd36;
$custom-light: #dddc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.589,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81952,
    "c": 0.16391,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD36

secondary

#323077

accent

#44E349

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD36

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

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