#C9CF36#C9CF36

#C9CF36 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.166 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CF36
RGB	rgb(201, 207, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 73.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -19.74, 70.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 72.78, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0617 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.166 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0676, 57.3107, 12.0720)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CF36 #3C36CF

analogous

#CF8836 #C9CF36 #7CCF36

triadic

#C9CF36 #36C9CF #CF36C9

tetradic

#C9CF36 #36CF88 #3C36CF #CF367C

square

#C9CF36 #36CF88 #3C36CF #CF367C

split-complementary

#C9CF36 #367CCF #8836CF

monochromatic

#6D701B #9CA127 #C9CF36 #D6DB67 #E4E799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C9CF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#C9CF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CF36

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CF36	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 207, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.166 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddd79',
    500: '#c9cf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cf36;
$custom-light: #dddd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82387,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CF36

secondary

#333079

accent

#43E54A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CF36

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

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