#C9D335#C9D335

#C9D335 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.171 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D335
RGB	rgb(201, 211, 53)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 74.9%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -21.74, 71.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 74.61, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0673 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.171 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0258, 59.2641, 12.2767)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D335 #3F35D3

analogous

#D38E35 #C9D335 #7AD335

triadic

#C9D335 #35C9D3 #D335C9

tetradic

#C9D335 #35D38E #3F35D3 #D3357A

square

#C9D335 #35D38E #3F35D3 #D3357A

split-complementary

#C9D335 #357AD3 #8E35D3

monochromatic

#6F7419 #9EA724 #C9D335 #D6DE67 #E4E99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C9D335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#C9D335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D335

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D335	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)

#E3C90C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 211, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.171 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde079',
    500: '#c9d335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d335;
$custom-light: #dde079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.797,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83252,
    "c": 0.1705,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D335

secondary

#342F7D

accent

#41E74B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D335

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

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