#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
RGBrgb(201, 209, 53)
HSLhsl(63, 63%, 51%)
HSVhsv(63, 75%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(3.8%, 0%, 74.6%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(80.89, -20.77, 70.87)
CIE-LCHlch(80.89, 73.85, 106.33°)
OKLaboklab(82.82% -0.0646 0.1556)
OKLCHoklch(82.82% 0.168 112.5)
XYZxyz(47.5320, 58.2766, 12.1121)
Luminance0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C9D1351.001.6612.6612.66
#FFFFFF1.661.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6621.001.001.00
##00000012.6621.001.001.00

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

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#C9D135 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva