#C9D93E#C9D93E

#C9D93E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.172 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D93E
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 62)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.12, -24.24, 70.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.12, 74.08, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0735 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.172 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7711, 62.3918, 13.9774)
Luminance	0.6239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D93E #4E3ED9

analogous

#D99C3E #C9D93E #7BD93E

triadic

#C9D93E #3EC9D9 #D93EC9

tetradic

#C9D93E #3ED99C #4E3ED9 #D93E7B

square

#C9D93E #3ED99C #4E3ED9 #D93E7B

split-complementary

#C9D93E #3E7BD9 #9C3ED9

monochromatic

#78831A #A7B624 #C9D93E #D7E371 #E6EDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C9D93E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#C9D93E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D93E

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D93E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D93E	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d93e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.172 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde47e',
    500: '#c9d93e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d93e;
$custom-light: #dde47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d93e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.194,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84618,
    "c": 0.17181,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D93E

secondary

#3B328A

accent

#3EEA50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D93E

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

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