#C9CD43#C9CD43

#C9CD43 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.156 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD43
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 67)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -18.12, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 67.49, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0559 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.156 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.9333, 56.4866, 13.7398)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD43 #4743CD

analogous

#CD8C43 #C9CD43 #84CD43

triadic

#C9CD43 #43C9CD #CD43C9

tetradic

#C9CD43 #43CD8C #4743CD #CD4384

square

#C9CD43 #43CD8C #4743CD #CD4384

split-complementary

#C9CD43 #4384CD #8C43CD

monochromatic

#74761F #A3A72C #C9CD43 #D7DA73 #E5E7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#C9CD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD43

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD43	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.156 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7f',
    500: '#c9cd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd43;
$custom-light: #dddc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8204,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD43

secondary

#38367F

accent

#47E14B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD43

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

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