#C9D941#C9D941

#C9D941 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.170 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9D941
RGBrgb(201, 217, 65)
HSLhsl(66, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(66, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(7.4%, 0%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(83.14, -24.09, 68.98)
CIE-LCHlch(83.14, 73.06, 109.25°)
OKLaboklab(84.64% -0.0728 0.1536)
OKLCHoklch(84.64% 0.17 115.3)
XYZxyz(49.8557, 62.4257, 14.4230)
Luminance0.6242 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D941 #5141D9
analogous
#D99D41 #C9D941 #7DD941
triadic
#C9D941 #41C9D9 #D941C9
tetradic
#C9D941 #41D99D #5141D9 #D9417D
square
#C9D941 #41D99D #5141D9 #D9417D
split-complementary
#C9D941 #417DD9 #9D41D9
monochromatic
#7A851B #A9B825 #C9D941 #D7E374 #E6EDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56
#C9D941 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49
#C9D941 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D941
13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D941#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D9411.001.5613.4913.49
#FFFFFF1.561.0021.0021.00
#00000013.4921.001.001.00
##00000013.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8CE27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D04D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6CDBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.170 115.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde47f',
    500: '#c9d941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d941;
$custom-light: #dde47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84639,
    "c": 0.16999,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D941
secondary
#3C338B
accent
#3EEA50
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16150B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

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#C9D941 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva