#C9D043#C9D043

#C9D043 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.159 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D043
RGB	rgb(201, 208, 67)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -19.60, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 68.68, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0601 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.159 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6578, 57.9356, 13.9813)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D043 #4A43D0

analogous

#D09143 #C9D043 #83D043

triadic

#C9D043 #43C9D0 #D043C9

tetradic

#C9D043 #43D091 #4A43D0 #D04383

square

#C9D043 #43D091 #4A43D0 #D04383

split-complementary

#C9D043 #4383D0 #9143D0

monochromatic

#767A1F #A5AB2B #C9D043 #D7DC74 #E5E8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C9D043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#C9D043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D043

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D043	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 208, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.159 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde7f',
    500: '#c9d043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d043;
$custom-light: #ddde7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.979,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82691,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D043

secondary

#393582

accent

#45E34D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D043

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

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