#C9CD73#C9CD73

#C9CD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.114 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD73
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -14.38, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 46.45, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0405 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.114 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0140, 57.3189, 24.6980)
Luminance	0.5732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD73 #7773CD

analogous

#CDA473 #C9CD73 #9CCD73

triadic

#C9CD73 #73C9CD #CD73C9

tetradic

#C9CD73 #73CDA4 #7773CD #CD739C

square

#C9CD73 #73CDA4 #7773CD #CD739C

split-complementary

#C9CD73 #739CCD #A473CD

monochromatic

#8D9234 #B8BD46 #C9CD73 #DADDA0 #ECEDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C9CD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#C9CD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD73

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD73	1.00	1.68	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.114 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc9d',
    500: '#c9cd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd73;
$custom-light: #dbdc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82566,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD73

secondary

#504C98

accent

#2BBB31

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD73

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

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