#C9D841#C9D841

#C9D841 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.169 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D841
RGB	rgb(201, 216, 65)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 69.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -23.60, 68.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 72.65, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0714 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.169 115)
XYZ	xyz(49.5987, 61.9117, 14.3374)
Luminance	0.6191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D841 #5041D8

analogous

#D89B41 #C9D841 #7ED841

triadic

#C9D841 #41C9D8 #D841C9

tetradic

#C9D841 #41D89B #5041D8 #D8417E

square

#C9D841 #41D89B #5041D8 #D8417E

split-complementary

#C9D841 #417ED8 #9B41D8

monochromatic

#79841B #A8B625 #C9D841 #D7E274 #E6EDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9D841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#C9D841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D841

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D841	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 216, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.169 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde37f',
    500: '#c9d841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d841;
$custom-light: #dde37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.96,
    "s": 65.939,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8442,
    "c": 0.16891,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.61911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D841

secondary

#3C338A

accent

#3FE950

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D841

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

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