#C9D93A#C9D93A

#C9D93A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.174 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D93A
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 58)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 73.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -24.43, 71.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 75.39, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.0743 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.174 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6653, 62.3495, 13.4205)
Luminance	0.6235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D93A #4A3AD9

analogous

#D99A3A #C9D93A #7AD93A

triadic

#C9D93A #3AC9D9 #D93AC9

tetradic

#C9D93A #3AD99A #4A3AD9 #D93A7A

square

#C9D93A #3AD99A #4A3AD9 #D93A7A

split-complementary

#C9D93A #3A7AD9 #9A3AD9

monochromatic

#768019 #A5B323 #C9D93A #D7E36D #E5EDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C9D93A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#C9D93A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D93A

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D93A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D93A	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d93a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.174 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde47c',
    500: '#c9d93a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d93a;
$custom-light: #dde47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d93a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.038,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84593,
    "c": 0.17409,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D93A

secondary

#393087

accent

#3DEB4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D93A

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

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