#C9CE3E#C9CE3E

#C9CE3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.160 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE3E
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 62)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -18.88, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 69.70, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0585 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.16 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0297, 56.9091, 13.0636)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE3E #433ECE

analogous

#CE8B3E #C9CE3E #81CE3E

triadic

#C9CE3E #3EC9CE #CE3EC9

tetradic

#C9CE3E #3ECE8B #433ECE #CE3E81

square

#C9CE3E #3ECE8B #433ECE #CE3E81

split-complementary

#C9CE3E #3E81CE #8B3ECE

monochromatic

#71741D #A1A52A #C9CE3E #D7DA6F #E4E7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C9CE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#C9CE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE3E

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE3E	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)

#DEC525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.160 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7c',
    500: '#c9ce3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce3e;
$custom-light: #dddc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82221,
    "c": 0.16024,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE3E

secondary

#36337D

accent

#45E34B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE3E

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

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