#C9D63C#C9D63C

#C9D63C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.170 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D63C
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 60)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 72%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -22.89, 69.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 73.54, 108.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0699 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.17 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9510, 60.8378, 13.4383)
Luminance	0.6084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D63C #493CD6

analogous

#D6963C #C9D63C #7CD63C

triadic

#C9D63C #3CC9D6 #D63CC9

tetradic

#C9D63C #3CD696 #493CD6 #D63C7C

square

#C9D63C #3CD696 #493CD6 #D63C7C

split-complementary

#C9D63C #3C7CD6 #963CD6

monochromatic

#757D1A #A4B025 #C9D63C #D7E16F #E5EBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#C9D63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D63C

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D63C	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.170 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde27c',
    500: '#c9d63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d63c;
$custom-light: #dde27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.065,
    "s": 65.254,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83949,
    "c": 0.16978,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D63C

secondary

#393185

accent

#40E84E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D63C

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

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