#C9CE2B#C9CE2B

#C9CE2B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.170 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE2B
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 79.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -19.67, 73.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 75.65, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0623 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.17 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5964, 56.7358, 10.7816)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE2B #302BCE

analogous

#CE812B #C9CE2B #78CE2B

triadic

#C9CE2B #2BC9CE #CE2BC9

tetradic

#C9CE2B #2BCE81 #302BCE #CE2B78

square

#C9CE2B #2BCE81 #302BCE #CE2B78

split-complementary

#C9CE2B #2B78CE #812BCE

monochromatic

#666916 #989B20 #C9CE2B #D8DC5A #E4E78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C9CE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#C9CE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE2B

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE2B	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.170 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc74',
    500: '#c9ce2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce2b;
$custom-light: #dedc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.84,
    "s": 65.462,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82112,
    "c": 0.17029,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE2B

secondary

#2D2B73

accent

#3FE845

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE2B

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

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