#C9D340#C9D340

#C9D340 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.164 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D340
RGB	rgb(201, 211, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 69.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -21.23, 67.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 70.97, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0649 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.164 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3085, 59.3772, 13.7656)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D340 #4A40D3

analogous

#D39440 #C9D340 #80D340

triadic

#C9D340 #40C9D3 #D340C9

tetradic

#C9D340 #40D394 #4A40D3 #D34080

square

#C9D340 #40D394 #4A40D3 #D34080

split-complementary

#C9D340 #4080D3 #9440D3

monochromatic

#767C1D #A5AE28 #C9D340 #D7DE72 #E5EAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C9D340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#C9D340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D340

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D340	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 211, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.164 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde07e',
    500: '#c9d340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d340;
$custom-light: #dde07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.082,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83321,
    "c": 0.16419,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D340

secondary

#393384

accent

#42E64D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D340

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

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