#C9D245#C9D245

#C9D245 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.160 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D245
RGB	rgb(201, 210, 69)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 67.1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -20.47, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 68.75, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0623 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.16 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2095, 58.9414, 14.4663)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D245 #4E45D2

analogous

#D29545 #C9D245 #82D245

triadic

#C9D245 #45C9D2 #D245C9

tetradic

#C9D245 #45D295 #4E45D2 #D24582

square

#C9D245 #45D295 #4E45D2 #D24582

split-complementary

#C9D245 #4582D2 #9545D2

monochromatic

#787E1F #A7AF2A #C9D245 #D7DE76 #E6EAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C9D245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#C9D245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D245

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D245	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 210, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.160 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf81',
    500: '#c9d245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d245;
$custom-light: #dddf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.83,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8314,
    "c": 0.15988,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D245

secondary

#3B3686

accent

#44E44E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D245

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

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