#C9D13D#C9D13D

#C9D13D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.164 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9D13D
RGBrgb(201, 209, 61)
HSLhsl(63, 62%, 53%)
HSVhsv(63, 71%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(3.8%, 0%, 70.8%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(80.94, -20.40, 68.24)
CIE-LCHlch(80.94, 71.22, 106.65°)
OKLaboklab(82.87% -0.0629 0.1514)
OKLCHoklch(82.87% 0.164 112.6)
XYZxyz(47.7316, 58.3565, 13.1635)
Luminance0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D13D #453DD1
analogous
#D18F3D #C9D13D #7FD13D
triadic
#C9D13D #3DC9D1 #D13DC9
tetradic
#C9D13D #3DD18F #453DD1 #D13D7F
square
#C9D13D #3DD18F #453DD1 #D13D7F
split-complementary
#C9D13D #3D7FD1 #8F3DD1
monochromatic
#72771C #A2A928 #C9D13D #D7DD6E #E5E8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66
#C9D13D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67
#C9D13D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D13D
12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D13D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D13D1.001.6612.6712.67
#FFFFFF1.661.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6721.001.001.00
##00000012.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1C722
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CB48
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7C4B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d13d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.164 112.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde7c',
    500: '#c9d13d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d13d;
$custom-light: #ddde7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d13d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82866,
    "c": 0.16395,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D13D
secondary
#373380
accent
#43E54C
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16150A
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

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#C9D13D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva