#C9D330#C9D330

#C9D330 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.173 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D330
RGB	rgb(201, 211, 48)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 77.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -21.94, 72.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 76.09, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0682 0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.173 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9167, 59.2205, 11.7023)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D330 #3A30D3

analogous

#D38B30 #C9D330 #77D330

triadic

#C9D330 #30C9D3 #D330C9

tetradic

#C9D330 #30D38B #3A30D3 #D33077

square

#C9D330 #30D38B #3A30D3 #D33077

split-complementary

#C9D330 #3077D3 #8B30D3

monochromatic

#6B7118 #9BA323 #C9D330 #D6DE62 #E3E895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C9D330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#C9D330 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D330

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D330	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 211, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.173 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde076',
    500: '#c9d330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d330;
$custom-light: #dde076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.681,
    "s": 64.94,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83225,
    "c": 0.17299,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D330

secondary

#322E7A

accent

#40E84A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D330

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

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