#C9D63D#C9D63D

#C9D63D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.169 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D63D
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 61)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 71.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -22.84, 69.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 73.21, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0697 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.169 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9777, 60.8485, 13.5788)
Luminance	0.6085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D63D #4A3DD6

analogous

#D6973D #C9D63D #7DD63D

triadic

#C9D63D #3DC9D6 #D63DC9

tetradic

#C9D63D #3DD697 #4A3DD6 #D63D7D

square

#C9D63D #3DD697 #4A3DD6 #D63D7D

split-complementary

#C9D63D #3D7DD6 #973DD6

monochromatic

#767E1B #A5B125 #C9D63D #D7E170 #E5EBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#C9D63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D63D

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D63D	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)

#E5CB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.169 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde27d',
    500: '#c9d63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d63d;
$custom-light: #dde27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.098,
    "s": 65.106,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83956,
    "c": 0.1692,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D63D

secondary

#393285

accent

#40E84E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D63D

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

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