#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
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 74.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -20.72, 70.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 73.53, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0644 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.168 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5553, 58.2859, 12.2345)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9D136	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)

#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

Preview with #C9D136

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

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