#C9CD69#C9CD69

#C9CD69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.124 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD69
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -15.35, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 51.22, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0442 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.124 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4695, 57.1011, 21.8302)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD69 #6D69CD

analogous

#CD9F69 #C9CD69 #97CD69

triadic

#C9CD69 #69C9CD #CD69C9

tetradic

#C9CD69 #69CD9F #6D69CD #CD6997

square

#C9CD69 #69CD9F #6D69CD #CD6997

split-complementary

#C9CD69 #6997CD #9F69CD

monochromatic

#898D2F #B6BB3E #C9CD69 #DADC97 #EAECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C9CD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#C9CD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD69

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD69	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.124 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc96',
    500: '#c9cd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd69;
$custom-light: #dbdc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82429,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD69

secondary

#4A4793

accent

#28BD2E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD69

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

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