#C9D93F#C9D93F

#C9D93F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.171 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D93F
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 63)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 71%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -24.19, 69.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 73.75, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0732 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.171 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7988, 62.4029, 14.1233)
Luminance	0.6240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D93F #4F3FD9

analogous

#D99C3F #C9D93F #7CD93F

triadic

#C9D93F #3FC9D9 #D93FC9

tetradic

#C9D93F #3FD99C #4F3FD9 #D93F7C

square

#C9D93F #3FD99C #4F3FD9 #D93F7C

split-complementary

#C9D93F #3F7CD9 #9C3FD9

monochromatic

#79841A #A7B724 #C9D93F #D7E372 #E6EDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C9D93F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#C9D93F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D93F

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D93F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D93F	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)

#E8CE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d93f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.171 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde47e',
    500: '#c9d93f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d93f;
$custom-light: #dde47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d93f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.234,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84625,
    "c": 0.17122,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D93F

secondary

#3B328A

accent

#3EEA50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D93F

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

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