#C9CD71#C9CD71

#C9CD71 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.116 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD71
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 113)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 44.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -14.58, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 47.41, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0412 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.116 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9002, 57.2733, 24.0985)
Luminance	0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD71 #7571CD

analogous

#CDA371 #C9CD71 #9BCD71

triadic

#C9CD71 #71C9CD #CD71C9

tetradic

#C9CD71 #71CDA3 #7571CD #CD719B

square

#C9CD71 #71CDA3 #7571CD #CD719B

split-complementary

#C9CD71 #719BCD #A371CD

monochromatic

#8D9133 #B8BD44 #C9CD71 #DADD9E #EBEDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C9CD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#C9CD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD71

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD71	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.116 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc9b',
    500: '#c9cd71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd71;
$custom-light: #dbdc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82537,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD71

secondary

#4E4B97

accent

#2ABB31

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD71

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

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