#C9D359#C9D359

#C9D359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.146 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D359
RGB	rgb(201, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 57.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -19.65, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 61.13, 108.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.058 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.146 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1859, 59.7282, 18.3869)
Luminance	0.5973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D359 #6359D3

analogous

#D3A059 #C9D359 #8CD359

triadic

#C9D359 #59C9D3 #D359C9

tetradic

#C9D359 #59D3A0 #6359D3 #D3598C

square

#C9D359 #59D3A0 #6359D3 #D3598C

split-complementary

#C9D359 #598CD3 #A059D3

monochromatic

#848C25 #B1BD32 #C9D359 #D9E089 #E8EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C9D359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#C9D359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D359

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D359	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.146 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce08c',
    500: '#c9d359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d359;
$custom-light: #dce08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83536,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D359

secondary

#453E92

accent

#46E153

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D359

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

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