#C9D047#C9D047

#C9D047 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.156 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D047
RGB	rgb(201, 208, 71)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 65.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -19.37, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 67.18, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.059 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.156 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7820, 57.9853, 14.6352)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D047 #4E47D0

analogous

#D09347 #C9D047 #84D047

triadic

#C9D047 #47C9D0 #D047C9

tetradic

#C9D047 #47D093 #4E47D0 #D04784

square

#C9D047 #47D093 #4E47D0 #D04784

split-complementary

#C9D047 #4784D0 #9347D0

monochromatic

#787D20 #A7AD2C #C9D047 #D7DC78 #E6E9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C9D047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#C9D047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D047

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D047	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 208, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.156 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde81',
    500: '#c9d047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d047;
$custom-light: #ddde81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82722,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D047

secondary

#3B3784

accent

#45E24D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D047

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

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