#C9CE42#C9CE42

#C9CE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.158 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE42
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -18.67, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 68.26, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0576 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.158 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1435, 56.9546, 13.6631)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE42 #4742CE

analogous

#CE8D42 #C9CE42 #83CE42

triadic

#C9CE42 #42C9CE #CE42C9

tetradic

#C9CE42 #42CE8D #4742CE #CE4283

square

#C9CE42 #42CE8D #4742CE #CE4283

split-complementary

#C9CE42 #4283CE #8D42CE

monochromatic

#74771F #A3A72B #C9CE42 #D7DB73 #E5E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C9CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#C9CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE42

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE42	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.158 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7f',
    500: '#c9ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce42;
$custom-light: #dddc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82249,
    "c": 0.15767,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE42

secondary

#38357F

accent

#46E24B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE42

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

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