#C9D543#C9D543

#C9D543 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.164 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9D543
RGBrgb(201, 213, 67)
HSLhsl(65, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(65, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(5.6%, 0%, 68.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(82.06, -22.05, 67.19)
CIE-LCHlch(82.06, 70.71, 108.17°)
OKLaboklab(83.78% -0.0669 0.1502)
OKLCHoklch(83.78% 0.164 114)
XYZxyz(48.8961, 60.4122, 14.3940)
Luminance0.6041 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D543 #4F43D5
analogous
#D59843 #C9D543 #80D543
triadic
#C9D543 #43C9D5 #D543C9
tetradic
#C9D543 #43D598 #4F43D5 #D54380
square
#C9D543 #43D598 #4F43D5 #D54380
split-complementary
#C9D543 #4380D5 #9843D5
monochromatic
#79811D #A7B328 #C9D543 #D7E075 #E6EBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61
#C9D543 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08
#C9D543 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D543
13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D543#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D5431.001.6113.0813.08
#FFFFFF1.611.0021.0021.00
#00000013.0821.001.001.00
##00000013.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CB2C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CD4E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6C9B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 213, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.164 114.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde180',
    500: '#c9d543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d543;
$custom-light: #dde180;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83779,
    "c": 0.16441,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.60411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D543
secondary
#3B3488
accent
#41E74F
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15150B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

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#C9D543 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva