#C9CD39#C9CD39

#C9CD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.162 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD39
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 57)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -18.62, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 71.04, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0583 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.162 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6588, 56.3768, 12.2941)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD39 #3D39CD

analogous

#CD8739 #C9CD39 #7FCD39

triadic

#C9CD39 #39C9CD #CD39C9

tetradic

#C9CD39 #39CD87 #3D39CD #CD397F

square

#C9CD39 #39CD87 #3D39CD #CD397F

split-complementary

#C9CD39 #397FCD #8739CD

monochromatic

#6D6F1C #9DA028 #C9CD39 #D6D96A #E4E69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#C9CD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD39

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD39	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.162 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7a',
    500: '#c9cd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd39;
$custom-light: #dddc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81971,
    "c": 0.16222,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD39

secondary

#333279

accent

#45E349

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD39

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

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