#C9D53E#C9D53E

#C9D53E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.168 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D53E
RGB	rgb(201, 213, 62)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -22.30, 68.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 72.47, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0681 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.168 114)
XYZ	xyz(48.7525, 60.3548, 13.6379)
Luminance	0.6035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D53E #4A3ED5

analogous

#D5963E #C9D53E #7ED53E

triadic

#C9D53E #3EC9D5 #D53EC9

tetradic

#C9D53E #3ED596 #4A3ED5 #D53E7E

square

#C9D53E #3ED596 #4A3ED5 #D53E7E

split-complementary

#C9D53E #3E7ED5 #963ED5

monochromatic

#767D1B #A5B026 #C9D53E #D7E070 #E5EBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C9D53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#C9D53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D53E

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D53E	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 213, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.168 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde17d',
    500: '#c9d53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d53e;
$custom-light: #dde17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.768,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83744,
    "c": 0.16754,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.60354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D53E

secondary

#393285

accent

#41E74E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D53E

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

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