#C9CD4E#C9CD4E

#C9CD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.148 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD4E
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -17.46, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 63.17, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0529 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.148 111)
XYZ	xyz(47.2952, 56.6314, 15.6458)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD4E #524ECD

analogous

#CD924E #C9CD4E #89CD4E

triadic

#C9CD4E #4EC9CD #CD4EC9

tetradic

#C9CD4E #4ECD92 #524ECD #CD4E89

square

#C9CD4E #4ECD92 #524ECD #CD4E89

split-complementary

#C9CD4E #4E89CD #924ECD

monochromatic

#7A7D23 #A9AD31 #C9CD4E #D8DA7E #E6E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C9CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#C9CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD4E

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD4E	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.148 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc85',
    500: '#c9cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd4e;
$custom-light: #dcdc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.89,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82132,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.5663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD4E

secondary

#3D3A85

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD4E

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

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