#C9DE43#C9DE43

#C9DE43 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.174 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DE43
RGB	rgb(201, 222, 67)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 69.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -26.37, 69.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 74.45, 110.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.079 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.174 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2230, 65.0659, 15.1697)
Luminance	0.6506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DE43 #5843DE

analogous

#DEA643 #C9DE43 #7CDE43

triadic

#C9DE43 #43C9DE #DE43C9

tetradic

#C9DE43 #43DEA6 #5843DE #DE437C

square

#C9DE43 #43DEA6 #5843DE #DE437C

split-complementary

#C9DE43 #437CDE #A643DE

monochromatic

#7E8E19 #ACC222 #C9DE43 #D8E777 #E7F0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9DE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#C9DE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DE43

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DE43	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9de43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 222, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.174 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde881',
    500: '#c9de43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9de43;
$custom-light: #dde881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9de43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.129,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85749,
    "c": 0.17422,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DE43

secondary

#3F3293

accent

#3BED53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DE43

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

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