#C9CE46#C9CE46

#C9CE46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.155 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE46
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 70)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 66%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -18.44, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 66.75, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0565 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.155 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2656, 57.0035, 14.3061)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE46 #4B46CE

analogous

#CE8F46 #C9CE46 #85CE46

triadic

#C9CE46 #46C9CE #CE46C9

tetradic

#C9CE46 #46CE8F #4B46CE #CE4685

square

#C9CE46 #46CE8F #4B46CE #CE4685

split-complementary

#C9CE46 #4685CE #8F46CE

monochromatic

#767920 #A5AA2D #C9CE46 #D7DB76 #E5E8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C9CE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#C9CE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE46

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE46	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)

#DDC532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.155 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc81',
    500: '#c9ce46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce46;
$custom-light: #dddc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.206,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8228,
    "c": 0.15495,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE46

secondary

#393782

accent

#46E14C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE46

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

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