#C9D042#C9D042

#C9D042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.160 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D042
RGB	rgb(201, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -19.65, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 69.05, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0603 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.16 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6281, 57.9237, 13.8247)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D042 #4942D0

analogous

#D09042 #C9D042 #82D042

triadic

#C9D042 #42C9D0 #D042C9

tetradic

#C9D042 #42D090 #4942D0 #D04282

square

#C9D042 #42D090 #4942D0 #D04282

split-complementary

#C9D042 #4282D0 #9042D0

monochromatic

#75791E #A4AA2A #C9D042 #D7DC73 #E5E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C9D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#C9D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D042

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D042	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.160 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde7f',
    500: '#c9d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d042;
$custom-light: #ddde7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.958,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82683,
    "c": 0.15976,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D042

secondary

#393581

accent

#44E34C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D042

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

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