#C9CF39#C9CF39

#C9CF39 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.164 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CF39
RGB	rgb(201, 207, 57)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 72.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -19.61, 69.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 71.80, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.061 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.164 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1403, 57.3397, 12.4545)
Luminance	0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CF39 #3F39CF

analogous

#CF8A39 #C9CF39 #7ECF39

triadic

#C9CF39 #39C9CF #CF39C9

tetradic

#C9CF39 #39CF8A #3F39CF #CF397E

square

#C9CF39 #39CF8A #3F39CF #CF397E

split-complementary

#C9CF39 #397ECF #8A39CF

monochromatic

#6F721C #9EA328 #C9CF39 #D6DB6A #E4E79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C9CF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#C9CF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CF39

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CF39	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)

#DFC61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cf39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 207, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.164 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddd7a',
    500: '#c9cf39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cf39;
$custom-light: #dddd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cf39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82405,
    "c": 0.16424,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CF39

secondary

#34317B

accent

#44E44A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CF39

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

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