#C9CD42#C9CD42

#C9CD42 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	#C9CD42
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -18.17, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 67.86, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0562 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.157 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.9036, 56.4747, 13.5832)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD42 #4642CD

analogous

#CD8C42 #C9CD42 #83CD42

triadic

#C9CD42 #42C9CD #CD42C9

tetradic

#C9CD42 #42CD8C #4642CD #CD4283

square

#C9CD42 #42CD8C #4642CD #CD4283

split-complementary

#C9CD42 #4283CD #8C42CD

monochromatic

#73761F #A2A62C #C9CD42 #D7DA72 #E5E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#C9CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD42

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD42	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)

#DDC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.157 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7e',
    500: '#c9cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd42;
$custom-light: #dddc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.727,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82033,
    "c": 0.15664,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD42

secondary

#37357E

accent

#46E14B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD42

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

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