#C9CD4D#C9CD4D

#C9CD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.149 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD4D
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 77)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -17.52, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 63.58, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0532 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.149 111)
XYZ	xyz(47.2596, 56.6171, 15.4584)
Luminance	0.5662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD4D #514DCD

analogous

#CD914D #C9CD4D #89CD4D

triadic

#C9CD4D #4DC9CD #CD4DC9

tetradic

#C9CD4D #4DCD91 #514DCD #CD4D89

square

#C9CD4D #4DCD91 #514DCD #CD4D89

split-complementary

#C9CD4D #4D89CD #914DCD

monochromatic

#7A7D23 #A9AC30 #C9CD4D #D7DA7D #E6E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C9CD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#C9CD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD4D

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD4D	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	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)

#DCC43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.149 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc85',
    500: '#c9cd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd4d;
$custom-light: #dcdc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82123,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD4D

secondary

#3C3A84

accent

#48DF4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD4D

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

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