#C9CF41#C9CF41

#C9CF41 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.159 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CF41
RGB	rgb(201, 207, 65)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 68.6%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -19.21, 66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 69.02, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0592 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.159 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3558, 57.4260, 13.5897)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CF41 #4741CF

analogous

#CF8E41 #C9CF41 #82CF41

triadic

#C9CF41 #41C9CF #CF41C9

tetradic

#C9CF41 #41CF8E #4741CF #CF4182

square

#C9CF41 #41CF8E #4741CF #CF4182

split-complementary

#C9CF41 #4182CF #8E41CF

monochromatic

#74771E #A3A82B #C9CF41 #D7DB72 #E5E8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C9CF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#C9CF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CF41

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CF41	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cf41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 207, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.159 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddd7e',
    500: '#c9cf41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cf41;
$custom-light: #dddd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cf41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.535,
    "s": 59.664,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82459,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CF41

secondary

#383480

accent

#45E34C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CF41

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

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