#C9D423#C9D423

#C9D423 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.179 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D423
RGB	rgb(201, 212, 35)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -22.85, 76.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 79.75, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0716 0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.179 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9359, 59.6269, 10.5738)
Luminance	0.5963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D423 #2E23D4

analogous

#D48623 #C9D423 #70D423

triadic

#C9D423 #23C9D4 #D423C9

tetradic

#C9D423 #23D486 #2E23D4 #D42370

square

#C9D423 #23D486 #2E23D4 #D42370

split-complementary

#C9D423 #2370D4 #8623D4

monochromatic

#656B12 #979F1A #C9D423 #D9E252 #E5EB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C9D423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#C9D423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D423

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D423	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 212, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.179 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee171',
    500: '#c9d423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d423;
$custom-light: #dee171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.729,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83387,
    "c": 0.17932,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D423

secondary

#2C2775

accent

#39EE45

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D423

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

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