#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
RGBrgb(201, 213, 62)
HSLhsl(65, 64%, 54%)
HSVhsv(65, 71%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(82.03, -22.30, 68.95)
CIE-LCHlch(82.03, 72.47, 107.92°)
OKLaboklab(83.74% -0.0681 0.1531)
OKLCHoklch(83.74% 0.168 114)
XYZxyz(48.7525, 60.3548, 13.6379)
Luminance0.6035 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9D53E1.001.6113.0713.07
#FFFFFF1.611.0021.0021.00
#00000013.0721.001.001.00
##00000013.0721.001.001.00

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

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#C9D53E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva