#C9CD3E#C9CD3E

#C9CD3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.159 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD3E
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -18.38, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 69.31, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0571 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.159 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.7898, 56.4292, 12.9837)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD3E #423ECD

analogous

#CD893E #C9CD3E #82CD3E

triadic

#C9CD3E #3EC9CD #CD3EC9

tetradic

#C9CD3E #3ECD89 #423ECD #CD3E82

square

#C9CD3E #3ECD89 #423ECD #CD3E82

split-complementary

#C9CD3E #3E82CD #893ECD

monochromatic

#70731E #A0A32A #C9CD3E #D7DA6F #E4E69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#C9CD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD3E

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD3E	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.159 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7c',
    500: '#c9cd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd3e;
$custom-light: #dddc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82004,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD3E

secondary

#36347C

accent

#46E24A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD3E

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

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