#C9CD41#C9CD41

#C9CD41 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.157 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD41
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 65)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -18.23, 65.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 68.23, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0564 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.157 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.8744, 56.4630, 13.4292)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD41 #4541CD

analogous

#CD8B41 #C9CD41 #83CD41

triadic

#C9CD41 #41C9CD #CD41C9

tetradic

#C9CD41 #41CD8B #4541CD #CD4183

square

#C9CD41 #41CD8B #4541CD #CD4183

split-complementary

#C9CD41 #4183CD #8B41CD

monochromatic

#72751F #A2A52C #C9CD41 #D7DA71 #E5E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#C9CD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD41

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD41	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)

#DDC42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.157 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7e',
    500: '#c9cd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd41;
$custom-light: #dddc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82026,
    "c": 0.1573,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD41

secondary

#37357D

accent

#46E24B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD41

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

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