#C9D441#C9D441

#C9D441 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.165 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D441
RGB	rgb(201, 212, 65)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 69.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -21.66, 67.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 71.02, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.066 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.165 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5864, 59.8871, 13.9999)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D441 #4C41D4

analogous

#D49641 #C9D441 #80D441

triadic

#C9D441 #41C9D4 #D441C9

tetradic

#C9D441 #41D496 #4C41D4 #D44180

square

#C9D441 #41D496 #4C41D4 #D44180

split-complementary

#C9D441 #4180D4 #9641D4

monochromatic

#777E1D #A6B028 #C9D441 #D7DF73 #E5EBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C9D441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#C9D441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D441

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D441	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 212, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.165 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde17f',
    500: '#c9d441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d441;
$custom-light: #dde17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.49,
    "s": 63.09,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83546,
    "c": 0.16462,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D441

secondary

#3A3485

accent

#42E64E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D441

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

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