#C9CE44#C9CE44

#C9CE44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.156 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE44
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 68)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 67%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -18.56, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 67.51, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0571 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.156 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2035, 56.9786, 13.9791)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE44 #4944CE

analogous

#CE8E44 #C9CE44 #84CE44

triadic

#C9CE44 #44C9CE #CE44C9

tetradic

#C9CE44 #44CE8E #4944CE #CE4484

square

#C9CE44 #44CE8E #4944CE #CE4484

split-complementary

#C9CE44 #4484CE #8E44CE

monochromatic

#75781F #A4A92C #C9CE44 #D7DB74 #E5E7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C9CE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#C9CE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE44

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE44	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.156 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc80',
    500: '#c9ce44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce44;
$custom-light: #dddc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.174,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82265,
    "c": 0.15634,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE44

secondary

#393680

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE44

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

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