#C9CF45#C9CF45

#C9CF45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.157 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CF45
RGB	rgb(201, 207, 69)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 66.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -19.00, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 67.54, 106.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0582 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.157 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4758, 57.4740, 14.2217)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CF45 #4B45CF

analogous

#CF9045 #C9CF45 #84CF45

triadic

#C9CF45 #45C9CF #CF45C9

tetradic

#C9CF45 #45CF90 #4B45CF #CF4584

square

#C9CF45 #45CF90 #4B45CF #CF4584

split-complementary

#C9CF45 #4584CF #9045CF

monochromatic

#767A20 #A5AB2C #C9CF45 #D7DC76 #E5E8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C9CF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#C9CF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CF45

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CF45	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)

#DEC631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cf45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 207, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.157 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddd80',
    500: '#c9cf45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cf45;
$custom-light: #dddd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cf45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82489,
    "c": 0.1567,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CF45

secondary

#393682

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CF45

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

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