#C9D036#C9D036

#C9D036 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	#C9D036
RGB	rgb(201, 208, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 74%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -20.23, 70.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 73.15, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.063 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.167 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3107, 57.7968, 12.1530)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D036 #3D36D0

analogous

#D08A36 #C9D036 #7CD036

triadic

#C9D036 #36C9D0 #D036C9

tetradic

#C9D036 #36D08A #3D36D0 #D0367C

square

#C9D036 #36D08A #3D36D0 #D0367C

split-complementary

#C9D036 #367CD0 #8A36D0

monochromatic

#6D711A #9DA326 #C9D036 #D6DC68 #E4E799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C9D036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#C9D036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D036

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D036	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)

#E0C612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 208, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.167 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde79',
    500: '#c9d036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d036;
$custom-light: #ddde79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82604,
    "c": 0.16692,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D036

secondary

#33307A

accent

#43E54A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D036

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

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