#C9CF3E#C9CF3E

#C9CF3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.161 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CF3E
RGB	rgb(201, 207, 62)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 70%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -19.37, 67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 70.09, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0599 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.161 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2712, 57.3921, 13.1441)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CF3E #443ECF

analogous

#CF8D3E #C9CF3E #80CF3E

triadic

#C9CF3E #3EC9CF #CF3EC9

tetradic

#C9CF3E #3ECF8D #443ECF #CF3E80

square

#C9CF3E #3ECF8D #443ECF #CF3E80

split-complementary

#C9CF3E #3E80CF #8D3ECF

monochromatic

#72751D #A1A629 #C9CF3E #D7DB6F #E4E7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C9CF3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#C9CF3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CF3E

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CF3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CF3E	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cf3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 207, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.161 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddd7d',
    500: '#c9cf3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cf3e;
$custom-light: #dddd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cf3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.483,
    "s": 60.166,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82438,
    "c": 0.16127,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CF3E

secondary

#36337E

accent

#44E34B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CF3E

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

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