#C9CD40#C9CD40

#C9CD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.158 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD40
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -18.28, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 68.59, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0567 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.158 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.8456, 56.4515, 13.2780)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD40 #4440CD

analogous

#CD8A40 #C9CD40 #83CD40

triadic

#C9CD40 #40C9CD #CD40C9

tetradic

#C9CD40 #40CD8A #4440CD #CD4083

square

#C9CD40 #40CD8A #4440CD #CD4083

split-complementary

#C9CD40 #4083CD #8A40CD

monochromatic

#72741E #A1A52B #C9CD40 #D7DA71 #E4E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#C9CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD40

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD40	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)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.158 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7d',
    500: '#c9cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd40;
$custom-light: #dddc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.702,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82018,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.5645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD40

secondary

#36347D

accent

#46E24B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD40

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

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