#C9CD57#C9CD57

#C9CD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD57
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -16.83, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 59.38, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0502 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.141 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6403, 56.7694, 17.4630)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD57 #5B57CD

analogous

#CD9657 #C9CD57 #8ECD57

triadic

#C9CD57 #57C9CD #CD57C9

tetradic

#C9CD57 #57CD96 #5B57CD #CD578E

square

#C9CD57 #57CD96 #5B57CD #CD578E

split-complementary

#C9CD57 #578ECD #9657CD

monochromatic

#808327 #AEB235 #C9CD57 #D8DB86 #E7E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C9CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#C9CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD57

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD57	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc8b',
    500: '#c9cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd57;
$custom-light: #dcdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.034,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82219,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD57

secondary

#413E8A

accent

#4ADD4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD57

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

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