#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
RGBrgb(201, 207, 69)
HSLhsl(63, 59%, 54%)
HSVhsv(63, 67%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(2.9%, 0%, 66.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(80.45, -19.00, 64.81)
CIE-LCHlch(80.45, 67.54, 106.34°)
OKLaboklab(82.49% -0.0582 0.1455)
OKLCHoklch(82.49% 0.157 111.8)
XYZxyz(47.4758, 57.4740, 14.2217)
Luminance0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9CF451.001.6812.4912.49
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4921.001.001.00
##00000012.4921.001.001.00

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

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#C9CF45 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva