#C9D545#C9D545

#C9D545 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.163 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D545
RGB	rgb(201, 213, 69)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 67.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.07, -21.94, 66.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.07, 69.98, 108.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0664 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.163 114)
XYZ	xyz(48.9572, 60.4366, 14.7155)
Luminance	0.6044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D545 #5145D5

analogous

#D59945 #C9D545 #81D545

triadic

#C9D545 #45C9D5 #D545C9

tetradic

#C9D545 #45D599 #5145D5 #D54581

square

#C9D545 #45D599 #5145D5 #D54581

split-complementary

#C9D545 #4581D5 #9945D5

monochromatic

#7A821D #A9B429 #C9D545 #D7E077 #E6ECA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C9D545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#C9D545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D545

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D545	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 213, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.163 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde181',
    500: '#c9d545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d545;
$custom-light: #dde181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83793,
    "c": 0.1631,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.60436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D545

secondary

#3C3589

accent

#42E64F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D545

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

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