#C9CE40#C9CE40

#C9CE40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.159 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE40
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -18.77, 66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 68.99, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.058 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.159 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0856, 56.9315, 13.3580)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE40 #4540CE

analogous

#CE8C40 #C9CE40 #82CE40

triadic

#C9CE40 #40C9CE #CE40C9

tetradic

#C9CE40 #40CE8C #4540CE #CE4082

square

#C9CE40 #40CE8C #4540CE #CE4082

split-complementary

#C9CE40 #4082CE #8C40CE

monochromatic

#72751E #A2A62B #C9CE40 #D7DA71 #E5E7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C9CE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#C9CE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE40

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE40	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.159 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7d',
    500: '#c9ce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce40;
$custom-light: #dddc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.113,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82235,
    "c": 0.15898,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE40

secondary

#37347E

accent

#45E24B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE40

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

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