#C9CD3C#C9CD3C

#C9CD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.160 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD3C
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 60)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -18.48, 67.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 70.01, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0576 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.16 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.7359, 56.4076, 12.6999)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD3C #403CCD

analogous

#CD893C #C9CD3C #81CD3C

triadic

#C9CD3C #3CC9CD #CD3CC9

tetradic

#C9CD3C #3CCD89 #403CCD #CD3C81

square

#C9CD3C #3CCD89 #403CCD #CD3C81

split-complementary

#C9CD3C #3C81CD #893CCD

monochromatic

#6F711D #9FA22A #C9CD3C #D6D96D #E4E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#C9CD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD3C

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD3C	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)

#DDC422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.160 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7b',
    500: '#c9cd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd3c;
$custom-light: #dddc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.655,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8199,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD3C

secondary

#35337A

accent

#45E24A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD3C

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

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