#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
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 88)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 57.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -16.76, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 58.94, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0499 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.14 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6814, 56.7858, 17.6796)
Luminance	0.5678 (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

#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
##C9CD58	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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