#C9CE4E#C9CE4E

#C9CE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.149 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE4E
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -17.95, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 63.59, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0543 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.149 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5352, 57.1113, 15.7258)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE4E #534ECE

analogous

#CE934E #C9CE4E #89CE4E

triadic

#C9CE4E #4EC9CE #CE4EC9

tetradic

#C9CE4E #4ECE93 #534ECE #CE4E89

square

#C9CE4E #4ECE93 #534ECE #CE4E89

split-complementary

#C9CE4E #4E89CE #934ECE

monochromatic

#7B7F23 #AAAE30 #C9CE4E #D8DB7E #E6E9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C9CE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#C9CE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE4E

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE4E	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.149 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdc85',
    500: '#c9ce4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce4e;
$custom-light: #dcdc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.344,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82348,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE4E

secondary

#3D3A86

accent

#48E04E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE4E

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

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