#C9D73E#C9D73E

#C9D73E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.170 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D73E
RGB	rgb(201, 215, 62)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 71.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -23.27, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 73.27, 108.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0708 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.17 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2587, 61.3671, 13.8066)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D73E #4C3ED7

analogous

#D7993E #C9D73E #7DD73E

triadic

#C9D73E #3EC9D7 #D73EC9

tetradic

#C9D73E #3ED799 #4C3ED7 #D73E7D

square

#C9D73E #3ED799 #4C3ED7 #D73E7D

split-complementary

#C9D73E #3E7DD7 #993ED7

monochromatic

#77801B #A6B325 #C9D73E #D7E271 #E5ECA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#C9D73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#C9D73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D73E

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D73E	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 215, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.170 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde37d',
    500: '#c9d73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d73e;
$custom-light: #dde37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.49,
    "s": 65.665,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84181,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D73E

secondary

#3A3287

accent

#3FE94F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D73E

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

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