#C9D239#C9D239

#C9D239 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.167 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D239
RGB	rgb(201, 210, 57)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 72.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -21.08, 69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 72.96, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0651 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.167 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8740, 58.8072, 12.6991)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D239 #4239D2

analogous

#D28E39 #C9D239 #7DD239

triadic

#C9D239 #39C9D2 #D239C9

tetradic

#C9D239 #39D28E #4239D2 #D2397D

square

#C9D239 #39D28E #4239D2 #D2397D

split-complementary

#C9D239 #397DD2 #8E39D2

monochromatic

#70761B #A0A826 #C9D239 #D7DD6B #E4E99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C9D239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#C9D239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D239

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D239	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 210, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.167 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf7a',
    500: '#c9d239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d239;
$custom-light: #dddf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83058,
    "c": 0.16731,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D239

secondary

#36317E

accent

#42E64B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D239

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

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