#C9CF4E#C9CF4E

#C9CF4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.150 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CF4E
RGB	rgb(201, 207, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 62.3%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -18.45, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 64.01, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0557 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.15 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7767, 57.5943, 15.8063)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CF4E #544ECF

analogous

#CF944E #C9CF4E #88CF4E

triadic

#C9CF4E #4EC9CF #CF4EC9

tetradic

#C9CF4E #4ECF94 #544ECF #CF4E88

square

#C9CF4E #4ECF94 #544ECF #CF4E88

split-complementary

#C9CF4E #4E88CF #944ECF

monochromatic

#7C8023 #AAB030 #C9CF4E #D8DC7E #E6E9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C9CF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#C9CF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CF4E

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CF4E	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cf4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 207, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.150 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdd85',
    500: '#c9cf4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cf4e;
$custom-light: #dcdd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cf4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.791,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82564,
    "c": 0.15015,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CF4E

secondary

#3D3A87

accent

#47E14E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CF4E

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

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