#C9CF40#C9CF40

#C9CF40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.160 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CF40
RGB	rgb(201, 207, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -19.27, 66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 69.38, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0594 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.16 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3271, 57.4145, 13.4385)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CF40 #4640CF

analogous

#CF8D40 #C9CF40 #82CF40

triadic

#C9CF40 #40C9CF #CF40C9

tetradic

#C9CF40 #40CF8D #4640CF #CF4082

square

#C9CF40 #40CF8D #4640CF #CF4082

split-complementary

#C9CF40 #4082CF #8D40CF

monochromatic

#73771E #A2A82A #C9CF40 #D7DB71 #E5E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C9CF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#C9CF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CF40

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CF40	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)

#DFC628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 207, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.160 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddd7e',
    500: '#c9cf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cf40;
$custom-light: #dddd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.517,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82452,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CF40

secondary

#37347F

accent

#45E34B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CF40

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

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