#C9CF38#C9CF38

#C9CF38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.165 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CF38
RGB	rgb(201, 207, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -19.65, 69.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 72.13, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0612 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.165 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1156, 57.3299, 12.3245)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CF38 #3E38CF

analogous

#CF8A38 #C9CF38 #7ECF38

triadic

#C9CF38 #38C9CF #CF38C9

tetradic

#C9CF38 #38CF8A #3E38CF #CF387E

square

#C9CF38 #38CF8A #3E38CF #CF387E

split-complementary

#C9CF38 #387ECF #8A38CF

monochromatic

#6E711B #9EA327 #C9CF38 #D6DB69 #E4E79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C9CF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#C9CF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CF38

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CF38	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 207, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.165 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddd7a',
    500: '#c9cf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cf38;
$custom-light: #dddd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.384,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82399,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CF38

secondary

#34317A

accent

#44E44A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CF38

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

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