#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
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 65)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, -24.09, 68.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 73.06, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.0728 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.17 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8557, 62.4257, 14.4230)
Luminance	0.6242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9D941	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9D941

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

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