#C9D53F#C9D53F

#C9D53F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.167 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9D53F
RGBrgb(201, 213, 63)
HSLhsl(65, 64%, 54%)
HSVhsv(65, 70%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(82.04, -22.25, 68.61)
CIE-LCHlch(82.04, 72.12, 107.97°)
OKLaboklab(83.75% -0.0679 0.1525)
OKLCHoklch(83.75% 0.167 114)
XYZxyz(48.7802, 60.3658, 13.7838)
Luminance0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D53F #4B3FD5
analogous
#D5963F #C9D53F #7ED53F
triadic
#C9D53F #3FC9D5 #D53FC9
tetradic
#C9D53F #3FD596 #4B3FD5 #D53F7E
square
#C9D53F #3FD596 #4B3FD5 #D53F7E
split-complementary
#C9D53F #3F7ED5 #963FD5
monochromatic
#767E1C #A5B027 #C9D53F #D7E071 #E5EBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61
#C9D53F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07
#C9D53F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D53F
13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D53F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D53F1.001.6113.0713.07
#FFFFFF1.611.0021.0021.00
#00000013.0721.001.001.00
##00000013.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CB24
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CD4B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6C9B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 213, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.167 114.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde17e',
    500: '#c9d53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d53f;
$custom-light: #dde17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83751,
    "c": 0.16694,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.60365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D53F
secondary
#393385
accent
#41E74E
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16150A
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

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#C9D53F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva