#C9CD53#C9CD53

#C9CD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.144 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD53
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -17.12, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 61.09, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0515 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.144 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4813, 56.7058, 16.6260)
Luminance	0.5671 (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

#C9CD53 #5753CD

analogous

#CD9453 #C9CD53 #8CCD53

triadic

#C9CD53 #53C9CD #CD53C9

tetradic

#C9CD53 #53CD94 #5753CD #CD538C

square

#C9CD53 #53CD94 #5753CD #CD538C

split-complementary

#C9CD53 #538CCD #9453CD

monochromatic

#7D8025 #ACB033 #C9CD53 #D8DB82 #E7E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C9CD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#C9CD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD53

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD53	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.144 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc88',
    500: '#c9cd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd53;
$custom-light: #dcdc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82179,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD53

secondary

#3F3C88

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD53

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

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