#C9CE45#C9CE45

#C9CE45 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	#C9CE45
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 69)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -18.50, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 67.13, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0568 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.156 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2343, 56.9910, 14.1412)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE45 #4A45CE

analogous

#CE8F45 #C9CE45 #85CE45

triadic

#C9CE45 #45C9CE #CE45C9

tetradic

#C9CE45 #45CE8F #4A45CE #CE4585

square

#C9CE45 #45CE8F #4A45CE #CE4585

split-complementary

#C9CE45 #4585CE #8F45CE

monochromatic

#767920 #A5A92D #C9CE45 #D7DB75 #E5E8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C9CE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#C9CE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE45

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE45	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)

#DDC531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.156 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc80',
    500: '#c9ce45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce45;
$custom-light: #dddc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82272,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE45

secondary

#393681

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE45

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

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