#C9D342#C9D342

#C9D342 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.163 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D342
RGB	rgb(201, 211, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 68.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -21.12, 67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 70.26, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0644 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.163 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3664, 59.4004, 14.0708)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D342 #4C42D3

analogous

#D39542 #C9D342 #81D342

triadic

#C9D342 #42C9D3 #D342C9

tetradic

#C9D342 #42D395 #4C42D3 #D34281

square

#C9D342 #42D395 #4C42D3 #D34281

split-complementary

#C9D342 #4281D3 #9542D3

monochromatic

#777D1D #A6AF29 #C9D342 #D7DF74 #E5EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C9D342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#C9D342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D342

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D342	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)

#E2C92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 211, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.163 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde07f',
    500: '#c9d342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d342;
$custom-light: #dde07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83336,
    "c": 0.16292,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D342

secondary

#3A3485

accent

#42E54E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D342

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

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