#C9D433#C9D433

#C9D433 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.173 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D433
RGB	rgb(201, 212, 51)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 75.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -22.31, 72.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 75.60, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.069 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.173 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2299, 59.7445, 12.1225)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D433 #3E33D4

analogous

#D48E33 #C9D433 #79D433

triadic

#C9D433 #33C9D4 #D433C9

tetradic

#C9D433 #33D48E #3E33D4 #D43379

square

#C9D433 #33D48E #3E33D4 #D43379

split-complementary

#C9D433 #3379D4 #8E33D4

monochromatic

#6E7418 #9EA723 #C9D433 #D6DF66 #E4E998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C9D433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#C9D433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D433

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D433	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)

#E4CA03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 212, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.173 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde178',
    500: '#c9d433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d433;
$custom-light: #dde178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.099,
    "s": 65.182,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83459,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D433

secondary

#342F7D

accent

#40E84B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D433

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

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