#C9CE3A#C9CE3A

#C9CE3A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.163 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE3A
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 58)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 71.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -19.07, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 71.08, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0594 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.163 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9240, 56.8668, 12.5067)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE3A #3F3ACE

analogous

#CE893A #C9CE3A #7FCE3A

triadic

#C9CE3A #3AC9CE #CE3AC9

tetradic

#C9CE3A #3ACE89 #3F3ACE #CE3A7F

square

#C9CE3A #3ACE89 #3F3ACE #CE3A7F

split-complementary

#C9CE3A #3A7FCE #893ACE

monochromatic

#6F711C #9EA228 #C9CE3A #D6DA6B #E4E69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C9CE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#C9CE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE3A

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE3A	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.163 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7a',
    500: '#c9ce3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce3a;
$custom-light: #dddc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.027,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82194,
    "c": 0.16265,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE3A

secondary

#34327A

accent

#44E34A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE3A

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

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