#C9D135#C9D135

#C9D135 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.168 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D135
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 74.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -20.77, 70.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 73.85, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0646 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.168 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5320, 58.2766, 12.1121)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D135 #3D35D1

analogous

#D18B35 #C9D135 #7BD135

triadic

#C9D135 #35C9D1 #D135C9

tetradic

#C9D135 #35D18B #3D35D1 #D1357B

square

#C9D135 #35D18B #3D35D1 #D1357B

split-complementary

#C9D135 #357BD1 #8B35D1

monochromatic

#6D721A #9DA425 #C9D135 #D6DC67 #E4E899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C9D135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#C9D135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D135

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D135	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C70E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.168 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde78',
    500: '#c9d135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d135;
$custom-light: #ddde78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82816,
    "c": 0.16846,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D135

secondary

#33307B

accent

#42E64A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D135

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

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