#C9D345#C9D345

#C9D345 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.161 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D345
RGB	rgb(201, 211, 69)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 67.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -20.96, 65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 69.16, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0637 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.161 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4572, 59.4367, 14.5489)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D345 #4F45D3

analogous

#D39645 #C9D345 #82D345

triadic

#C9D345 #45C9D3 #D345C9

tetradic

#C9D345 #45D396 #4F45D3 #D34582

square

#C9D345 #45D396 #4F45D3 #D34582

split-complementary

#C9D345 #4582D3 #9645D3

monochromatic

#797F1E #A7B12A #C9D345 #D7DF76 #E6EAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C9D345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#C9D345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D345

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D345	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 211, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.161 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde081',
    500: '#c9d345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d345;
$custom-light: #dde081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83358,
    "c": 0.16095,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D345

secondary

#3B3587

accent

#43E54E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D345

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

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