#C9D344#C9D344

#C9D344 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.162 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D344
RGB	rgb(201, 211, 68)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -21.02, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 69.53, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0639 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.162 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4264, 59.4244, 14.3868)
Luminance	0.5942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D344 #4E44D3

analogous

#D39644 #C9D344 #81D344

triadic

#C9D344 #44C9D3 #D344C9

tetradic

#C9D344 #44D396 #4E44D3 #D34481

square

#C9D344 #44D396 #4E44D3 #D34481

split-complementary

#C9D344 #4481D3 #9644D3

monochromatic

#787F1E #A7B029 #C9D344 #D7DF76 #E6EAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C9D344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#C9D344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D344

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D344	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)

#E2C92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 211, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.162 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde080',
    500: '#c9d344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d344;
$custom-light: #dde080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.196,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8335,
    "c": 0.16162,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D344

secondary

#3B3586

accent

#43E54E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D344

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

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