#C9D233#C9D233

#C9D233 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.171 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D233
RGB	rgb(201, 210, 51)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 75.7%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -21.34, 71.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 74.84, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0663 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.171 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7331, 58.7508, 11.9569)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D233 #3C33D2

analogous

#D28B33 #C9D233 #79D233

triadic

#C9D233 #33C9D2 #D233C9

tetradic

#C9D233 #33D28B #3C33D2 #D23379

square

#C9D233 #33D28B #3C33D2 #D23379

split-complementary

#C9D233 #3379D2 #8B33D2

monochromatic

#6D7219 #9CA424 #C9D233 #D6DD65 #E4E897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C9D233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#C9D233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D233

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D233	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 210, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.171 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf78',
    500: '#c9d233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d233;
$custom-light: #dddf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.396,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83023,
    "c": 0.17051,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D233

secondary

#332F7A

accent

#41E74A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D233

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

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