#C9D242#C9D242

#C9D242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.162 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D242
RGB	rgb(201, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -20.63, 66.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 69.85, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0631 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.162 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1188, 58.9051, 13.9882)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D242 #4B42D2

analogous

#D29342 #C9D242 #81D242

triadic

#C9D242 #42C9D2 #D242C9

tetradic

#C9D242 #42D293 #4B42D2 #D24281

square

#C9D242 #42D293 #4B42D2 #D24281

split-complementary

#C9D242 #4281D2 #9342D2

monochromatic

#767C1E #A5AD29 #C9D242 #D7DE73 #E5EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C9D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#C9D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D242

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D242	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.162 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf7f',
    500: '#c9d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d242;
$custom-light: #dddf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83118,
    "c": 0.16186,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D242

secondary

#393484

accent

#43E54D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D242

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

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