#C9D843#C9D843

#C9D843 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.168 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D843
RGB	rgb(201, 216, 67)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 69%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.88, -23.50, 68.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.88, 71.95, 109.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.071 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.168 115)
XYZ	xyz(49.6577, 61.9353, 14.6479)
Luminance	0.6193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D843 #5243D8

analogous

#D89C43 #C9D843 #7FD843

triadic

#C9D843 #43C9D8 #D843C9

tetradic

#C9D843 #43D89C #5243D8 #D8437F

square

#C9D843 #43D89C #5243D8 #D8437F

split-complementary

#C9D843 #437FD8 #9C43D8

monochromatic

#7A851C #A9B826 #C9D843 #D8E376 #E6EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9D843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#C9D843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D843

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D843	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 216, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.168 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde380',
    500: '#c9d843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d843;
$custom-light: #dde380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.04,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84434,
    "c": 0.16766,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.61934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D843

secondary

#3D348C

accent

#3FE950

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D843

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

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