#C9D23A#C9D23A

#C9D23A 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	#C9D23A
RGB	rgb(201, 210, 58)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 72.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -21.03, 69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 72.63, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0649 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.167 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8992, 58.8173, 12.8318)
Luminance	0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D23A #433AD2

analogous

#D28F3A #C9D23A #7DD23A

triadic

#C9D23A #3AC9D2 #D23AC9

tetradic

#C9D23A #3AD28F #433AD2 #D23A7D

square

#C9D23A #3AD28F #433AD2 #D23A7D

split-complementary

#C9D23A #3A7DD2 #8F3AD2

monochromatic

#71771B #A1A826 #C9D23A #D7DD6C #E4E99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C9D23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#C9D23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D23A

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D23A	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)

#E2C81B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 210, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.167 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf7b',
    500: '#c9d23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d23a;
$custom-light: #dddf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.553,
    "s": 62.81,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83064,
    "c": 0.16674,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D23A

secondary

#36317F

accent

#42E64C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D23A

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

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