#C9CD38#C9CD38

#C9CD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.163 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD38
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -18.67, 68.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 71.37, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0585 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.163 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6341, 56.3669, 12.1640)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD38 #3C38CD

analogous

#CD8638 #C9CD38 #7ECD38

triadic

#C9CD38 #38C9CD #CD38C9

tetradic

#C9CD38 #38CD86 #3C38CD #CD387E

square

#C9CD38 #38CD86 #3C38CD #CD387E

split-complementary

#C9CD38 #387ECD #8638CD

monochromatic

#6D6F1C #9CA028 #C9CD38 #D6D969 #E4E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#C9CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD38

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD38	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)

#DDC419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.163 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc79',
    500: '#c9cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd38;
$custom-light: #dddc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.611,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81965,
    "c": 0.16279,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD38

secondary

#333178

accent

#45E349

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD38

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

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