#C9CD45#C9CD45

#C9CD45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.155 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD45
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 69)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -18.01, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 66.73, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0554 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.155 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.9944, 56.5110, 14.0612)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD45 #4945CD

analogous

#CD8D45 #C9CD45 #85CD45

triadic

#C9CD45 #45C9CD #CD45C9

tetradic

#C9CD45 #45CD8D #4945CD #CD4585

square

#C9CD45 #45CD8D #4945CD #CD4585

split-complementary

#C9CD45 #4585CD #8D45CD

monochromatic

#757720 #A4A82D #C9CD45 #D7DA75 #E5E7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#C9CD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD45

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD45	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)

#DCC431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.155 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc80',
    500: '#c9cd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd45;
$custom-light: #dddc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82056,
    "c": 0.1546,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.5651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD45

secondary

#393680

accent

#47E14B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD45

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

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