#C9D138#C9D138

#C9D138 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.167 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D138
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -20.64, 69.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 72.90, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.064 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.167 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6032, 58.3051, 12.4870)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D138 #4038D1

analogous

#D18C38 #C9D138 #7DD138

triadic

#C9D138 #38C9D1 #D138C9

tetradic

#C9D138 #38D18C #4038D1 #D1387D

square

#C9D138 #38D18C #4038D1 #D1387D

split-complementary

#C9D138 #387DD1 #8C38D1

monochromatic

#6F741B #9FA626 #C9D138 #D6DC6A #E4E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C9D138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#C9D138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D138

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D138	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)

#E1C717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.167 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde7a',
    500: '#c9d138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d138;
$custom-light: #ddde7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.137,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82834,
    "c": 0.16684,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D138

secondary

#35317C

accent

#42E64B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D138

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

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