#C9D045#C9D045

#C9D045 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.158 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D045
RGB	rgb(201, 208, 69)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 66.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -19.49, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 67.94, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0596 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.158 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7189, 57.9600, 14.3027)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D045 #4C45D0

analogous

#D09245 #C9D045 #83D045

triadic

#C9D045 #45C9D0 #D045C9

tetradic

#C9D045 #45D092 #4C45D0 #D04583

square

#C9D045 #45D092 #4C45D0 #D04583

split-complementary

#C9D045 #4583D0 #9245D0

monochromatic

#777B1F #A6AC2C #C9D045 #D7DC76 #E5E9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C9D045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#C9D045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D045

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D045	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)

#DFC730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 208, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.158 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde80',
    500: '#c9d045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d045;
$custom-light: #ddde80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82706,
    "c": 0.15775,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D045

secondary

#3A3683

accent

#45E34D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D045

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

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