#C9D427#C9D427

#C9D427 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.178 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9D427
RGBrgb(201, 212, 39)
HSLhsl(64, 69%, 49%)
HSVhsv(64, 82%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(5.2%, 0%, 81.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(81.65, -22.73, 75.48)
CIE-LCHlch(81.65, 78.83, 106.76°)
OKLaboklab(83.4% -0.0711 0.163)
OKLCHoklch(83.4% 0.178 113.6)
XYZxyz(47.9987, 59.6520, 10.9046)
Luminance0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D427 #3227D4
analogous
#D48927 #C9D427 #73D427
triadic
#C9D427 #27C9D4 #D427C9
tetradic
#C9D427 #27D489 #3227D4 #D42773
square
#C9D427 #27D489 #3227D4 #D42773
split-complementary
#C9D427 #2773D4 #8927D4
monochromatic
#676D14 #98A01D #C9D427 #D8E058 #E4EA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62
#C9D427 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93
#C9D427 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D427
12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D427#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D4271.001.6212.9312.93
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9321.001.001.00
##00000012.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4C900
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CD39
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7C7B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 212, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.178 113.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee173',
    500: '#c9d427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d427;
$custom-light: #dee173;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.815,
    "s": 68.924,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83403,
    "c": 0.17786,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D427
secondary
#2E2976
accent
#3CEC47
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF1
border
#D5D5CB
text
#161509
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

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#C9D427 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva