#C9CE43#C9CE43

#C9CE43 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.157 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE43
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 67)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 67.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -18.61, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 67.89, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0573 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.157 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1733, 56.9665, 13.8198)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE43 #4843CE

analogous

#CE8D43 #C9CE43 #83CE43

triadic

#C9CE43 #43C9CE #CE43C9

tetradic

#C9CE43 #43CE8D #4843CE #CE4383

square

#C9CE43 #43CE8D #4843CE #CE4383

split-complementary

#C9CE43 #4383CE #8D43CE

monochromatic

#74771F #A4A82C #C9CE43 #D7DB74 #E5E7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C9CE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#C9CE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE43

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE43	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)

#DEC52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.157 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc7f',
    500: '#c9ce43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce43;
$custom-light: #dddc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.158,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82257,
    "c": 0.157,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE43

secondary

#383580

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE43

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

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