#C9CD4F#C9CD4F

#C9CD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.147 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD4F
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -17.39, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 62.76, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0527 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.147 111)
XYZ	xyz(47.3313, 56.6458, 15.8361)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD4F #534FCD

analogous

#CD924F #C9CD4F #8ACD4F

triadic

#C9CD4F #4FC9CD #CD4FC9

tetradic

#C9CD4F #4FCD92 #534FCD #CD4F8A

square

#C9CD4F #4FCD92 #534FCD #CD4F8A

split-complementary

#C9CD4F #4F8ACD #924FCD

monochromatic

#7B7E24 #AAAE31 #C9CD4F #D8DB7F #E6E8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C9CD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#C9CD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD4F

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD4F	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)

#DCC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.147 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc86',
    500: '#c9cd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd4f;
$custom-light: #dcdc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.905,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82141,
    "c": 0.14722,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.56645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD4F

secondary

#3D3B86

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD4F

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

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