#C9D43A#C9D43A

#C9D43A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.169 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D43A
RGB	rgb(201, 212, 58)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 72.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -22.01, 70.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 73.41, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0676 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.169 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3961, 59.8110, 12.9974)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D43A #453AD4

analogous

#D4923A #C9D43A #7CD43A

triadic

#C9D43A #3AC9D4 #D43AC9

tetradic

#C9D43A #3AD492 #453AD4 #D43A7C

square

#C9D43A #3AD492 #453AD4 #D43A7C

split-complementary

#C9D43A #3A7CD4 #923AD4

monochromatic

#72791A #A2AB25 #C9D43A #D7DF6C #E5EA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C9D43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#C9D43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D43A

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D43A	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 212, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.169 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde17b',
    500: '#c9d43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d43a;
$custom-light: #dde17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 64.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.835,
    "c": 0.16882,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D43A

secondary

#373181

accent

#41E74D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D43A

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

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