#C9D035#C9D035

#C9D035 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.167 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D035
RGB	rgb(201, 208, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 74.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -20.28, 70.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 73.47, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0632 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.167 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2874, 57.7875, 12.0306)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D035 #3C35D0

analogous

#D08935 #C9D035 #7BD035

triadic

#C9D035 #35C9D0 #D035C9

tetradic

#C9D035 #35D089 #3C35D0 #D0357B

square

#C9D035 #35D089 #3C35D0 #D0357B

split-complementary

#C9D035 #357BD0 #8935D0

monochromatic

#6D701A #9CA226 #C9D035 #D6DC67 #E4E798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C9D035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#C9D035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D035

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D035	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 208, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.167 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde78',
    500: '#c9d035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d035;
$custom-light: #ddde78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.71,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82598,
    "c": 0.16746,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D035

secondary

#333079

accent

#42E54A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D035

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

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