#C9D13A#C9D13A

#C9D13A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.166 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D13A
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 58)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 72.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -20.54, 69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 72.24, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0635 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.166 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6531, 58.3250, 12.7498)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D13A #423AD1

analogous

#D18E3A #C9D13A #7DD13A

triadic

#C9D13A #3AC9D1 #D13AC9

tetradic

#C9D13A #3AD18E #423AD1 #D13A7D

square

#C9D13A #3AD18E #423AD1 #D13A7D

split-complementary

#C9D13A #3A7DD1 #8E3AD1

monochromatic

#70751B #A0A727 #C9D13A #D7DD6C #E4E89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C9D13A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#C9D13A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D13A

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D13A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D13A	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)

#E1C71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d13a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.166 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde7b',
    500: '#c9d13a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d13a;
$custom-light: #ddde7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d13a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.179,
    "s": 62.14,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82846,
    "c": 0.16572,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D13A

secondary

#36317E

accent

#43E54B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D13A

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

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