#C9CD4A#C9CD4A

#C9CD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.151 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD4A
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 74)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -17.71, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 64.79, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0541 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.151 111)
XYZ	xyz(47.1562, 56.5757, 14.9134)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD4A #4E4ACD

analogous

#CD904A #C9CD4A #88CD4A

triadic

#C9CD4A #4AC9CD #CD4AC9

tetradic

#C9CD4A #4ACD90 #4E4ACD #CD4A88

square

#C9CD4A #4ACD90 #4E4ACD #CD4A88

split-complementary

#C9CD4A #4A88CD #904ACD

monochromatic

#787B22 #A7AB2F #C9CD4A #D7DA7A #E6E7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#C9CD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD4A

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD4A	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.151 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc83',
    500: '#c9cd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd4a;
$custom-light: #dcdc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82097,
    "c": 0.15102,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD4A

secondary

#3B3883

accent

#48E04C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD4A

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

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