#C9CF3B#C9CF3B

#C9CF3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.163 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CF3B
RGB	rgb(201, 207, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 71.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -19.52, 68.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 71.13, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0606 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.163 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1912, 57.3601, 12.7225)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CF3B #413BCF

analogous

#CF8B3B #C9CF3B #7FCF3B

triadic

#C9CF3B #3BC9CF #CF3BC9

tetradic

#C9CF3B #3BCF8B #413BCF #CF3B7F

square

#C9CF3B #3BCF8B #413BCF #CF3B7F

split-complementary

#C9CF3B #3B7FCF #8B3BCF

monochromatic

#70731C #9FA528 #C9CF3B #D7DB6C #E4E79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C9CF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#C9CF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CF3B

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CF3B	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)

#DFC61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 207, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.163 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddd7b',
    500: '#c9cf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cf3b;
$custom-light: #dddd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.432,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82418,
    "c": 0.16308,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CF3B

secondary

#35327C

accent

#44E44A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CF3B

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

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