#C9D332#C9D332

#C9D332 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.172 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D332
RGB	rgb(201, 211, 50)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 76.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -21.86, 72.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 75.52, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0679 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.172 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9589, 59.2374, 11.9246)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D332 #3C32D3

analogous

#D38C32 #C9D332 #78D332

triadic

#C9D332 #32C9D3 #D332C9

tetradic

#C9D332 #32D38C #3C32D3 #D33278

square

#C9D332 #32D38C #3C32D3 #D33278

split-complementary

#C9D332 #3278D3 #8C32D3

monochromatic

#6D7218 #9CA423 #C9D332 #D6DE64 #E4E997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C9D332 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#C9D332 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D332

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D332	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D332	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d332;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 211, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.172 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde077',
    500: '#c9d332',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d332;
$custom-light: #dde077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d332",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.727,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83236,
    "c": 0.17203,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D332

secondary

#332E7B

accent

#40E84B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D332

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

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