#C9CE33#C9CE33

#C9CE33 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.166 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9CE33
RGBrgb(201, 206, 51)
HSLhsl(62, 61%, 50%)
HSVhsv(62, 75%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(2.4%, 0%, 75.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(80.07, -19.38, 70.73)
CIE-LCHlch(80.07, 73.34, 105.32°)
OKLaboklab(82.15% -0.0609 0.155)
OKLCHoklch(82.15% 0.166 111.5)
XYZxyz(46.7579, 56.8004, 11.6318)
Luminance0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9CE33 #3833CE
analogous
#CE8533 #C9CE33 #7CCE33
triadic
#C9CE33 #33C9CE #CE33C9
tetradic
#C9CE33 #33CE85 #3833CE #CE337C
square
#C9CE33 #33CE85 #3833CE #CE337C
split-complementary
#C9CE33 #337CCE #8533CE
monochromatic
#6A6D1A #9A9E26 #C9CE33 #D6DA64 #E3E696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70
#C9CE33 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36
#C9CE33 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE33
12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9CE33#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9CE331.001.7012.3612.36
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3621.001.001.00
##00000012.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC509
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFC840
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7C1B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9ce33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.166 111.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc77',
    500: '#c9ce33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9ce33;
$custom-light: #dddc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9ce33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82152,
    "c": 0.16649,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9CE33
secondary
#312F76
accent
#43E449
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF1
border
#D5D5CB
text
#16150A
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

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#C9CE33 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva