#C9D136#C9D136

#C9D136 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#C9D136
RGBrgb(201, 209, 54)
HSLhsl(63, 63%, 52%)
HSVhsv(63, 74%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(3.8%, 0%, 74.2%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(80.90, -20.72, 70.55)
CIE-LCHlch(80.90, 73.53, 106.37°)
OKLaboklab(82.82% -0.0644 0.1551)
OKLCHoklch(82.82% 0.168 112.5)
XYZxyz(47.5553, 58.2859, 12.2345)
Luminance0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D136 #3E36D1
analogous
#D18C36 #C9D136 #7CD136
triadic
#C9D136 #36C9D1 #D136C9
tetradic
#C9D136 #36D18C #3E36D1 #D1367C
square
#C9D136 #36D18C #3E36D1 #D1367C
split-complementary
#C9D136 #367CD1 #8C36D1
monochromatic
#6E721A #9EA426 #C9D136 #D6DC68 #E4E89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66
#C9D136 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66
#C9D136 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D136
12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D136#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D1361.001.6612.6612.66
#FFFFFF1.661.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6621.001.001.00
##00000012.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1C712
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CB43
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7C4B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.168 112.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde79',
    500: '#c9d136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d136;
$custom-light: #ddde79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.097,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82822,
    "c": 0.16793,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D136
secondary
#34307B
accent
#42E64A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16150A
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

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#C9D136 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva