#C9D142#C9D142

#C9D142 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.161 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D142
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -20.14, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 69.45, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0617 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.161 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8727, 58.4129, 13.9062)
Luminance	0.5841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D142 #4A42D1

analogous

#D19242 #C9D142 #82D142

triadic

#C9D142 #42C9D1 #D142C9

tetradic

#C9D142 #42D192 #4A42D1 #D14282

square

#C9D142 #42D192 #4A42D1 #D14282

split-complementary

#C9D142 #4282D1 #9242D1

monochromatic

#767B1E #A5AC2A #C9D142 #D7DD73 #E5E9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C9D142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#C9D142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D142

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D142	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.161 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde7f',
    500: '#c9d142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d142;
$custom-light: #ddde7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.357,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.829,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D142

secondary

#393583

accent

#44E44D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D142

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

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