#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
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 60)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 70.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -18.97, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 70.40, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.059 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.161 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9758, 56.8876, 12.7799)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9CE3C	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE3C

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

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