#C9D643#C9D643

#C9D643 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.165 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D643
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 67)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 68.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -22.53, 67.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 71.12, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.0683 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.165 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1484, 60.9168, 14.4781)
Luminance	0.6092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D643 #5043D6

analogous

#D69943 #C9D643 #80D643

triadic

#C9D643 #43C9D6 #D643C9

tetradic

#C9D643 #43D699 #5043D6 #D64380

square

#C9D643 #43D699 #5043D6 #D64380

split-complementary

#C9D643 #4380D6 #9943D6

monochromatic

#79821C #A8B427 #C9D643 #D7E175 #E6ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#C9D643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D643

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D643	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.165 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde280',
    500: '#c9d643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d643;
$custom-light: #dde280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.306,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83997,
    "c": 0.16549,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D643

secondary

#3C3489

accent

#41E74F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D643

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

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