#C9CE3C#C9CE3C

#C9CE3C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.161 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9CE3C
RGBrgb(201, 206, 60)
HSLhsl(62, 60%, 52%)
HSVhsv(62, 71%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(2.4%, 0%, 70.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(80.12, -18.97, 67.79)
CIE-LCHlch(80.12, 70.40, 105.64°)
OKLaboklab(82.21% -0.059 0.1503)
OKLCHoklch(82.21% 0.161 111.4)
XYZxyz(46.9758, 56.8876, 12.7799)
Luminance0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9CE3C #413CCE
analogous
#CE8A3C #C9CE3C #80CE3C
triadic
#C9CE3C #3CC9CE #CE3CC9
tetradic
#C9CE3C #3CCE8A #413CCE #CE3C80
square
#C9CE3C #3CCE8A #413CCE #CE3C80
split-complementary
#C9CE3C #3C80CE #8A3CCE
monochromatic
#70731D #9FA429 #C9CE3C #D7DA6D #E4E79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70
#C9CE3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38
#C9CE3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE3C
12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9CE3C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9CE3C1.001.7012.3812.38
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3821.001.001.00
##00000012.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC521
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFC847
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7C1B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9ce3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.161 111.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7b',
    500: '#c9ce3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9ce3c;
$custom-light: #dddc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9ce3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.055,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82207,
    "c": 0.16146,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9CE3C
secondary
#35337C
accent
#45E34A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16150A
muted
#84847D

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#C9CE3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva