#C9CD3D#C9CD3D

#C9CD3D 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	#C9CD3D
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 61)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -18.43, 67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 69.67, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0574 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.16 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.7626, 56.4183, 12.8405)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD3D #413DCD

analogous

#CD893D #C9CD3D #81CD3D

triadic

#C9CD3D #3DC9CD #CD3DC9

tetradic

#C9CD3D #3DCD89 #413DCD #CD3D81

square

#C9CD3D #3DCD89 #413DCD #CD3D81

split-complementary

#C9CD3D #3D81CD #893DCD

monochromatic

#70721D #9FA32A #C9CD3D #D7DA6E #E4E69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#C9CD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD3D

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD3D	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)

#DDC424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.160 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7c',
    500: '#c9cd3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd3d;
$custom-light: #dddc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81997,
    "c": 0.15983,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD3D

secondary

#35337B

accent

#46E24A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD3D

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

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