#C9D943#C9D943

#C9D943 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.169 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D943
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 67)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.15, -23.98, 68.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.15, 72.36, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0723 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.169 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.9147, 62.4493, 14.7336)
Luminance	0.6245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D943 #5343D9

analogous

#D99E43 #C9D943 #7ED943

triadic

#C9D943 #43C9D9 #D943C9

tetradic

#C9D943 #43D99E #5343D9 #D9437E

square

#C9D943 #43D99E #5343D9 #D9437E

split-complementary

#C9D943 #437ED9 #9E43D9

monochromatic

#7B861B #AAB925 #C9D943 #D8E376 #E6EEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C9D943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#C9D943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D943

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D943	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)

#E8CE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.169 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde480',
    500: '#c9d943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d943;
$custom-light: #dde480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.4,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84653,
    "c": 0.16874,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D943

secondary

#3D338D

accent

#3FE951

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D943

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

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