#C9D645#C9D645

#C9D645 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.164 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D645
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 69)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 67.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -22.42, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 70.40, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0678 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.164 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2095, 60.9412, 14.7996)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D645 #5245D6

analogous

#D69A45 #C9D645 #81D645

triadic

#C9D645 #45C9D6 #D645C9

tetradic

#C9D645 #45D69A #5245D6 #D64581

square

#C9D645 #45D69A #5245D6 #D64581

split-complementary

#C9D645 #4581D6 #9A45D6

monochromatic

#7A841D #A9B628 #C9D645 #D8E177 #E6ECA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#C9D645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D645

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D645	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.164 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde281',
    500: '#c9d645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d645;
$custom-light: #dde281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.379,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84012,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D645

secondary

#3D358A

accent

#41E750

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D645

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

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