#C9D032#C9D032

#C9D032 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.169 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D032
RGB	rgb(201, 208, 50)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 76%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -20.40, 71.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 74.39, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0638 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.169 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2206, 57.7607, 11.6785)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D032 #3932D0

analogous

#D08832 #C9D032 #7AD032

triadic

#C9D032 #32C9D0 #D032C9

tetradic

#C9D032 #32D088 #3932D0 #D0327A

square

#C9D032 #32D088 #3932D0 #D0327A

split-complementary

#C9D032 #327AD0 #8832D0

monochromatic

#6B6E19 #9BA025 #C9D032 #D6DB64 #E3E796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C9D032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#C9D032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D032

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D032	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 208, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.169 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde77',
    500: '#c9d032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d032;
$custom-light: #ddde77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.658,
    "s": 62.698,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82582,
    "c": 0.169,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D032

secondary

#322F78

accent

#42E649

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D032

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

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