#C9CD58#C9CD58

#C9CD58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.140 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9CD58
RGBrgb(201, 205, 88)
HSLhsl(62, 54%, 57%)
HSVhsv(62, 57%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 0%, 57.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(80.06, -16.76, 56.51)
CIE-LCHlch(80.06, 58.94, 106.52°)
OKLaboklab(82.23% -0.0499 0.1306)
OKLCHoklch(82.23% 0.14 110.9)
XYZxyz(47.6814, 56.7858, 17.6796)
Luminance0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9CD58 #5C58CD
analogous
#CD9658 #C9CD58 #8FCD58
triadic
#C9CD58 #58C9CD #CD58C9
tetradic
#C9CD58 #58CD96 #5C58CD #CD588F
square
#C9CD58 #58CD96 #5C58CD #CD588F
split-complementary
#C9CD58 #588FCD #9658CD
monochromatic
#808327 #AEB235 #C9CD58 #D8DB87 #E7E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70
#C9CD58 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36
#C9CD58 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD58
12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9CD58#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9CD581.001.7012.3612.36
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3621.001.001.00
##00000012.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC54B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC85F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6C2B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9cd58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.140 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc8b',
    500: '#c9cd58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9cd58;
$custom-light: #dcdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9cd58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.051,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8223,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9CD58
secondary
#413F8B
accent
#4BDD50
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFBF4
border
#D5D4CE
text
#15150C
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD58

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#C9CD58 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva