#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
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 61)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 70.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -20.40, 68.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 71.22, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0629 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.164 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.7316, 58.3565, 13.1635)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9D13D	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9D13D

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

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